Mrs. Stephanie M. Kleven

Stephanie is a 10+ year professional in the music education field. During her undergraduate program at Bradley University, she studied viola performance with Marcia Henry-Liebenow. As a versatile musician and educator, Stephanie provides a classically trained musician’s technical base while keeping the content fun and accessible. She values joy and creativity before perfection and strives to shape every lesson into a positive experience with music. As a performer, she played on the main stage at Ravinia Festival for The Kraft Kid’s concert series. Most notably, her quartet performed live on 98.7 WFMT, Chicago’s classical radio station. She was a member of The Wheaton Symphony, The West Hartford Symphony, The Knox- Galesburg Orchestra, and The Peoria Symphony. She currently resides in Yorkville, IL, with her husband and two young children. Together they enjoy playing the ukulele and rocking out on the guitar in addition to orchestral instruments.