Dr. Stephanie Mientka has cultivated a diverse career in music, encompassing orchestral and chamber performances, teaching, and concert presenting. An active orchestral musician, she performs with the Boulder Philharmonic and the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, and regularly serves as a substitute musician for Central City Opera the Colorado Symphony.
Dr. Mientka has performed an extensive range of chamber music and has collaborated with distinguished musicians from the L.A. Opera, Colorado Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. A dedicated advocate for contemporary music, she is the founding violist of the Deciduous Trio, an ensemble committed to commissioning and premiering new works.
Dr. Mientka is deeply passionate about music education and has over fifteen years of experience teaching violin and viola. She is trained in the internationally acclaimed Suzuki Method, emphasizing a nurturing and effective approach to learning. In addition to her private teaching, she serves as the adjunct viola professor at the University of Northern Colorado. Dr. Mientka holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder, a master’s degree from Rice University, and earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from CU Boulder.