KC Still

Violist and violinist KC Still is active as a teacher and performer.   KC teaches all ages and abilities but specializes in working with children using the Suzuki Method and traditional approaches.   As a performer and teacher based in NYC, KC moved to the Bay Area in 2008.  She has been on the faculty of the Napa Valley Language Academy, Sycamore Strings Academy in Livermore, Holy Names University in Oakland, and The Crowden Center.  KC was Assistant Director of The Crowden Suzuki Workshop, a four-day summer workshop for kids aged 3-18 in Berkeley, CA from 2010 through 2013.  KC was the Crowden Summer Programs director in 2009.   She has been teaching through her private studio in Albany, Studio KC Still, since fall 2022. 

KC’s love of teaching violin and viola grew out of a desire to build the audiences of tomorrow and enrich the lives of children.  Active as a teacher since 1988, she was introduced to the Suzuki Method in 2000.  Realizing how effective and wonderful the method is she immediately proceeded to study Books 1, 2, and 3 in New York.  She continued her education with Books 3 through 7 at the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute during the summers of 2012 and 2013.  Among the Suzuki teachers KC has studied with are Allen Lieb, Brian Lewis, Linda Wear Fiore, and Gail Johansen.  She is certified as a Suzuki teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.  KC is also a member of ASTA, the American String Teachers Association.  

 KC combines Traditional and Suzuki methods of teaching tailored to each individual student, with an added dash of the Feldenkrais Method, and a lot of laughter!