Sylvia Mwila

Sylvia Mwila is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she graduated with both a Bachelor’s in Violin Performance and a Master’s degree in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy. Ms. Mwila is the vice president of the Suzuki Association of Georgia, and a fully registered violin teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Currently, she teaches with the Fayette Fiddler Suzuki program and for the Fine Arts Academy in Opelika, AL, and has been a guest teacher at music programs in India, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Chile, and the Suzuki Association of Puerto Rico’s winter workshop. In addition to her teaching, Ms. Mwila is also a member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Mwila is most proud of her students’ accomplishments. While studying with Ms. Mwila her students have successfully made Georgia’s all-state orchestra program, won concertmaster positions in all-county and local youth orchestra programs, won local talent shows, earned top marks in ABRSM exams and local competitions, and a former student is now studying at the Juilliard School’s pre-college division.