Bella Musica in the Schools

 Rena Urso-Trapani, flute
Angela Scalie, violin Briana Bandy, viola
Sharon Rizzo, cello

Bella Musica have a great deal of experience in educational settings. Each of the individual musicians give private lessons... together they present a well-grounded, yet fun program.

  • “Bella Musica are talented musicians and interactive educators.  This highly professional quartet engaged high-school and middle-school audiences in the interdisciplinary Art and Music program. Our students found their performance inspiring and rewarding.” — Kristine Bowen, Director of School and Tour programs, Orange County Museum of Art
  • “As always, fabulous assembly! I very much appreciate the sharing of your awesome talent...Have a great concert season!” — Jim O’Neill (Principal, Mentone Elementary School, Redlands Unified School District)
  • “The four women were WONDERFUL teachers as well as musicians, and our fourth and fifth grade students were ‘on the edge of their seats’ during the entire assembly. Each of four was amazing in her ability to present information and to relate to our intermediate-age students. This age group (9-11 year olds) is not always easy at the end of the day, and they were enthralled with the music and the information provided by the quartet. I was very impressed with the professionalism and abilities (both musical and teaching) that these four women demonstrated today for our students.” — Marcia W. Fagan (Principal, Cram Elementary School, Redlands Unified School District)
  • “Our fifth grade class at Bryn Mawr School in Redlands would like to thank you for the beautiful music you played for us today. We enjoyed hearing the pieces and learning about the instruments you play as well as the composers. You each are very talented. We loved your performance and hope we can listen to you again in the future.
    Sincerely,
    Mrs. Burdick‘s fifth graders
  • “I saw you four perform Monday at Park View Middle School and wanted to tell you guys that you've inspired me and my friends to make a quartet. You also inspired me to practice my flute really hard in hopes I'll be as good as you all were. Thanks for reading this.”
    Sincerely,
    Rebecca (Student at Park View Middle School, Yucaipa, CA)