Stephanie R. Hunt

SAA Registered Training

(Cello)

Core Units

• Every Child Can!
• Suzuki Principles in Action
• Cello Unit 1
• Cello Unit 2
• Cello Unit 3
• Cello Unit 4
• Cello Unit 5
• Cello Unit 6
• Cello Unit 7
• Cello Unit 8
• Cello Unit 9-10
• Cello Practicum
• Cello Revisiting Unit 1

Supplementary

• Teaching Cello Group Classes

Stephanie Hunt teaches cello in the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Suzuki program. Her students have participated in youth orchestras, all-suburban, all-district, and all-state festivals. She received the Suzuki Association of the Americas Certificate of Achievement in 2023 and became a Teacher Trainer in 2024.

An active and versatile musician, Stephanie performs on both modern and baroque cello. Her current activities include performances with the Perseid String Quartet and Early Music Missouri. Stephanie has participated in numerous international music festivals, including the Nederlandse Orkest- en Ensemble-Academie, Royaumont Formations Professionnelles (France), the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, and two summers as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow. Her studies on modern cello led to a B.Mus. summa cum laude from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and a M.Mus. from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Following her American studies, Stephanie moved to Europe and earned both a B.Mus. Honours and M.Mus. in baroque cello from the Utrecht Conservatory in the Netherlands. Her teachers include Viola de Hoog, Norman Fischer, Hans Jørgen Jensen, Ross Harbaugh, and Monique Bartels. She also has an MBA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a master’s in data science from Eastern University.