Sara Styles is an active cellist and music educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her B.M. in Cello Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, studying under former Associate Principal of the New York Philharmonic, Alan Stepansky, and her M.M. from San Francisco State University working with the Alexander String Quartet. She is a recipient of the Israel Dorman Memorial Award and the Sylvia Rosenberg Orchestra Scholarship.  She has attended the Pacific Music Festival, the World Cello Congress, the Domaine Forget Festival, and has participated in many master classes including those with Phillippe Muller, the Julliard String Quartet, Irene Sharp, Julian Martin, and Mihaly Virizlay. She has maintained a private studio since 1994, and is highly involved with the El Camino Youth Symphony as their chamber music coordinator and cello section coach.  Sara is a member of MTAC.

Currently residing in Menlo Park, Sara enjoys freelance performing and teaching privately. She also works with Music for Families and is a founding member of the Divisa Ensemble, a Bay Area chamber ensemble comprised of mixed wind and string instruments. Her hobbies include avidly following the San Francisco Giants, hiking and gardening.

sara@sarastylesmusic.com | 650.387.9637