Welcome to SRS Music & STEAM! Our mission is to bring the wonder of music to your learners. Our curriculum focuses on developing a joy for music and enjoyment of your instrument. We also share connections between music and STEAM concepts including computer science, design thinking, math, and more!

Curriculum is individualized and learner-driven. This means that we work with parents and learners to select music genres and skills that will keep our students interested and help them meet their goals. We hope to foster lifelong learning and enjoyment of playing your instrument. 

We offer 1:1 private instruction for beginning-advanced violin, fiddle, viola, cello, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and piano students. For beginners, we focus on developing good posture, playing technique, and tone. Listening and playing by ear is as important as learning to sight read. Over time, we introduce music theory and reading at the learner's pace. This comes from a combination of classical techniques and fiddle tunes. Our advanced learners enjoy setting their own playing and practice goals, building repertoire, and developing advanced playing techniques.

Music is a social activity too! We offer group classes for beginners through advancing players as well as themed classes for music appreciation, fiddle, or seasonal tunes. We also offer classes that incorporate music and science or coding concepts. Our group classes are 6 or fewer learners at a time. This gives everyone plenty of teacher attention and a chance to interact. Our learners love building a community of like-minded musicians.
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Stacey Rae Sinclair is a lifelong musician with the heart of a teacher. She is a certified teacher with a master's degree in education. Over her 15 years of teaching, she has taught private lessons, workshops, and camps. Stacey Rae Sinclair is a successful teacher on Outschool. Since September of 2020, she has been in good standing, with a 5-star rating. She founded Stacey Rae Sinclair Music (SRS Music & STEAM) to help fill the consistent demand for 1:1 violin lessons, fiddle classes, and more. Her mission is to bring a love of learning and joy for music to all her learners.
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Bodhi Bryan-Roig has a huge passion for music. He has been playing the violin for over 10 years and the guitar for over 7 years. He wants to share his passion for music with others. He hopes to inspire kids to pick up and continue to play the violin, an instrument he immediately fell in love with. Bodhi studied classical violin under Stacey Rae Sinclair. He is ideally suited to join the SRS Music team, with the perfect combination of musical skills and teaching philosophy. When teaching, he always focuses on the things learners are doing right. He gives encouragement and advice through positive feedback.
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Zoe Kushubar is excited to serve as a violin teacher with SRS Music & STEAM. She has studied the violin for 19 years and has taught since 2017. She is proud of being an enthusiastic and supportive teacher. Zoe fosters flexibility and creativity in her lessons with students. Every student is different, so she adapts her teaching approach to best suit his/her/their needs. Zoe received undergraduate degrees in both Chemistry and Violin Performance from Converse University, and a Master of Music degree from Florida State University this year. Zoe is now working toward her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Maryland. She has attended music intensives over the years including Aspen Music Festival, Brevard Music Center, Decoda Chamber Music Institute, and National Youth Orchestra 2. Her primary teachers include Lyn Acosta, Jennifer John, Sarah Johnson, Courtney LeBauer, Shannon Thomas, and David Salness. Zoe is the perfect teacher for beginners through advanced violinists.
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Brett Kretzer has been a professional musician for over 11 years. His primary focus is on mandolin and Bluegrass and Americana genres. He has played music his whole life. When he graduated high school, he decided to get a BA in Audio Production with additional studies in music history and music theory at The Art Institute of TN-Nashville. After graduating, he worked in the field as an audio engineer for a couple of years before realizing his true passion: to create and perform acoustic music. 

Bluegrass and Old Time quickly became Brett's favorite genres to play because of the accessibility and joy of playing with others – minimal equipment needed (although he loves all genres of music). Over the past decade, Brett has toured up and down the east coast, playing over 1000 shows. During that time he gained a ton of musical wisdom from mentors, fellow musicians, and the experience of playing on the road. 

Brett's teaching style is dedicated to helping students gain musical freedom in playing both solo and with others. I focus on by-ear methods while using tablature for reference and first-time exposure to new songs. Students will learn to recognize musical themes on the fly and have the confidence to play without the need for sheet music or any other reference. In addition, they’ll become proficient in music theory and chart reading. My primary instrument is the mandolin, but he is an experienced guitarist and loves to teach guitar as well.
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Chris Jones is a lifelong musician and multi-instrumentalist. He began learning Suzuki Cello at 3 years old and picked up violin in grade school. After discovering an old mandolin in a closet, Chris fell in love with the instrument and learned bluegrass and folk music. From there, he went on to learn guitar, banjo, and piano as part of his continuing music studies. 

Chris earned his Doctorate in Music from West Virginia University. He has taught music as a visiting assistant professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College, teaching applied instrumental lessons in guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass, and fiddle. He also founded the West Virginia Wesleyan Appalachian ensemble and taught music theory, ear training, music history, and general education courses in music appreciation. Chris is a talented educator who makes learning music fun and accessible for students of all ages and skill levels. With his breadth of knowledge and expertise on several instruments, he is sure to be a great fit for your young musician.
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Julia Seaton loves helping students find joy in music and accomplish their goals! She has taught violin since 2015 and beginning piano since 2017, and she currently performs in concerts with the Oxford Sinfonia. Julia holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, alongside a Bachelor of Arts in Honors Humanities. Her primary violin teachers include Emma McGrath and Alex Russell, and she has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles under Christopher Russell, Marek Szpakiewicz, Gerry Marsh, Yuki Mori, and Mark Gasbarro. Julia always adjusts her teaching curricula to support each individual student on their unique musical journey. Her mission with every student is to foster a love of music through a blend of challenge and adaptability.
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Kimberly Testa has been a music educator for the past 3 decades. She holds several state teaching certificates, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. Her education includes a BM from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a MA from Stony Brook University. Maintaining a focus on classical string and piano instruction, Kim’s primary instruments are violin, viola, and piano, as well as secondary instruments that include cello and acoustic upright string bass and voice.  
In the early 90s Kim started her teaching career in New York Public Schools.  During that time, Kim taught full-time, performed in a band and community orchestras regularly, adjudicated NYSSMA, LISFA, and SCMEA music festivals, and taught privately. After moving to Los Angeles, CA in 1999, Kim started her own private studio, catering to clients in the greater Los Angeles area. She also worked with a private music company that provided music instruction for private and public schools. Kim continued to study, teach and perform regularly until 2005 when she started a family. In 2010 Kim moved to the Boston, MA area. She continued to teach privately on violin, viola, cello, and piano, and joined the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra and several other performing groups. In 2016, Kim returned to the public school system and taught in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Now settled in Florida, she maintains a private music studio.
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A passionate and accomplished young musician and performer, cellist Julie Sonne has toured worldwide and performed as a soloist with the Buffalo Suzuki Strings Advanced Performance Ensemble of Buffalo, NY. She held the position of principal cellist with the University of Florida Orchestra for two years. Recent performances include the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Cedar Rapids and Revival Theatre Company in Iowa, and the Aiken Civic Orchestra in South Carolina.

At the age of 3, Julie began her Suzuki cello training. She has since studied with Arie Lipsky, former principal cellist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Julia Lichten of Purchase Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music, Dr. Steven Thomas at the University of Florida, Alan Harris of Eastman School of Music, and Yehuda Hanani of Mannes School of Music. In the spring of 2016, Julie graduated from Purchase College Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance. In May of 2018, she graduated with a Master of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Florida. As a graduate assistant of Dr. Steven Thomas with a focus on chamber music, Julie performed with the University of Florida Graduate Piano Trio, String Quartet, and Piano Quintet and was principal cellist and section coach of the University of Florida Orchestra.