Bio
Stephanie Florentino studied piano performance at Hill College (Hillsboro, Tx) and Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Tx), graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. During her time at these schools, she received awards for excellence in music theory and most improved pianist. In the summer of 2007, she also studied abroad in Tuscania, Italy at the Lorenzo de Medici Italian International Institute in cooperation with Tarleton State University, where she won second place in the Piano and Voice Competition.

She is now a private piano teacher, composer and performer in north Texas, where she lives with her husband Jonathan. In her free time, she enjoys playing violin in the community orchestra, traveling, reading, writing and taking care of her feisty hermit crabs. Stephanie sings and plays piano, violin, guitar, ukulele, and frame drum. She has also published multiple original compositions and arrangements, many of which can be heard on her YouTube channel.

**Fun Fact: Stephanie is a fifth-generation student of Ludwig van Beethoven!