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Mr. Sternberg attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and has a Masters in Elementary Education from the University of Florida.  Steve has been a professional musician since 1975 playing piano, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone, flute and percussion in various bands and as a solo artist at clubs, festivals and house concerts throughout the United States. In 1982 he began teaching private music lessons  in Gainesville, Florida.  After graduating from U.F. Mr. Sternberg taught elementary and middle school classroom and elementary music in Alachua, Putnam and Bradford Counties.  From 1990-2008 he presented artist-in-the-schools programs in 14 north Florida counties.  He then relocated to Tallahassee and has been teaching there since 2000.  That same year he was an Artist-in-Residence at Chipola Community College in Marianna, FL.  In 2001 Mr. Sternberg was an Artist-in-Residence sponsored by the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra for 10 Leon County schools.   

 

At the annual Florida Folk Festival in White Springs Steve was a performer for 7 years and presented workshops on jazz history, ragtime and blues piano.  In 2010 and 2011 at the Museum of Florida History Mr. Sternberg performed live music  accompanying the 1928 silent film "The Flying Ace" from Norman Studios out of Jacksonville.  Mr. Sternberg engineers a home recording studio and has produced and distributed three commercial albums. He's recorded albums performed by advanced students. 

 

For the past two decades Steve has been performing throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama in retirement homes, nursing centers, clubs, restaurants, festivals and for private occasions!

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