Stephanie Schall-Brazee

Stephanie Schall-Brazee is an elementary general music teacher for the Traverse City Area Public Schools, and she also directs the select Women’s Choir, Bella Voce.  As a choral director, Stephanie’s choirs have consistently earned first-degree ratings at festivals and have been invited to sing at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  In 2022 and 2023, Bella Voce was selected as one of 10 small ensembles to perform in the MSVMA All-State concert on the campus of Michigan State University.  In addition to her public school teaching, Stephanie is the Artistic Director of the Northwest Michigan College Children’s Choir Program, where she also directs the Intermezzo Choir. 

Stephanie’s training includes a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Music Education from The Hartt School, where she was a graduate assistant to Dr. John Feierabend. 

As an endorsed Teacher Trainer for First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege, Stephanie has presented courses and sessions on “Singing Development in Young Children”, “First Steps in Music”, “Music and Movement in Preschool” and “Conversational Solfege”. In 2018, Stephanie co-authored a chapter in the book Feierabend Fundamentals. 

In 2018, the Traverse City Area ISD selected Stephanie as an Outstanding Educator. She has served two terms on the board of the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) and is still actively involved in this important association, serving as President-Elect. 

Enjoying her work teaching children, adolescents, and adults, Stephanie is also on the summer faculty of Lakeland University and the Hartt School Kodaly Certification programs.