Stephanie Erspamer

About Me:

At the Michigan State University Community Music School-Detroit you can find me teaching music classes to children ages 4-8, including early childhood piano classes. Additionally, I teach private individual and small group lessons to students on the trumpet, piano, ukulele, and guitar throughout the metro-Detroit area.

I am now a PreK classroom teacher at Mackenzie Elementary Middle School in Detroit. Before shifting my focus to early childhood education, I was an elementary music teacher for 7 years. I was the music teacher at Auburn Elementary in the Avondale School District and before that I taught K-8 music at Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy in Detroit.

I first fell in love with making music when I began playing the trumpet in 5th grade. Playing the trumpet allowed me meet some of my closest friends, favorite teachers, and best mentors. It also helped me go to college at Michigan State University, where I received my undergraduate degree in music education.

While I attended MSU, I played in the Spartan Marching Band, Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra II, and an honors brass quintet. Since college, I’ve played cornet and tenor horn in various brass bands throughout Michigan, including the nationally acclaimed Five Lakes Silver Band.