Brittany Gardner

Brittany Platt Gardner received a cello as a gift on her 8th birthday and has enjoyed making music with it ever since. After receiving degrees in music at Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Michigan, Ms. Gardner returned home to Utah to become involved in the vibrant music community here. In addition to teaching, Ms. Gardner performs regularly throughout the community with such groups at Sinfonia Salt Lake and the Utah Symphony, and she recently retired from serving as Assistant Principal cellist with the Orchestra at Temple Square for ten years. Her students consistently win top honors at competitions and festivals, and have been featured as soloists with the Utah Symphony on their "Salute to Youth" concert at at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Gardner served 12 years on the board of the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute and has also served on both the conference committee for the Suzuki Association of the Americas biannual conference and as Suzuki Program Coordinator at the Gifted Music School, where she was a founding faculty member. Passionate about supporting families in their musical journeys, she has been a guest speaker and clinician in Utah, Arizona, Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio, and Mexico. She has been a guest on podcasts supporting families in their musical journeys (including "Building Noble Hearts", "Beyond the Music Lesson", and "Suzuki Planet Podcast"). Her first book, "This Will Help You Grow: Advice and Encouragement for Suzuki Parents", is available on Amazon. A Suzuki parent to two darling girls, Ms. Gardner is also a marathon runner and a Reiki Master.

Ariel Haubner

Ariel Haubner grew up surrounded by music. Her Mother made sure music was a part of her family culture. She connected Ariel and her siblings to wonderful mentors, and musical communities, engaging them in church choirs, music lessons, and summer camps. From her own experience she can say, Music Moms change lives.

At Utah State University, she studied cello performance with the incredible Fry Street Quartet, soaking up the wisdom of her teacher Anne Francis Bayless. During her time at USU, she fell in love with ensemble playing, and the magic that is connecting with others through music. Her time in school was spent practicing, teaching, and working towards graduate studies.

That work took her to Cleveland, Ohio, for post-graduate work at The Cleveland Institute of Music. While at CIM, she dove deeper into her teaching skills in the Suzuki Pedagogy Program, and began her love affair with the importance of mental training in music studies.

After moving back to Utah, she developed a studio in Salt Lake City, and has found so much fulfillment in working with young, motivated cellists. She never thought she would find her way to full-time teaching; yet, here she is. So delighted by the students she spends her days with.

Jamilyn Morris

Cellist Jamilyn Morris combines organization and creativity in teaching and performing. A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, she began her Suzuki Cello studies with Richard Hoyt at the age of 12. Her love of cello and chamber music was deepened through her studies with Anne Francis and the Fry Street Quartet at Utah State University, as well as with Bruce Uchimura and the Merling Trio at Western Michigan University. While earning her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at The University of Utah, Jamilyn served as the cellist of the Graduate String Quartet, and began teaching at the newly established University Preparatory Strings Division.

Jamilyn has also taught as an adjunct music faculty at Salt Lake Community College, and served as the program director of Sistema Utah at American Preparatory Academy. She is now the proud teacher of her own cello studio in Sugarhouse, Utah, serves as the Cello Chairman for the Utah Chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs, and loves performing regularly as the cellist of the Maywood String Quartet and the Salt Lake Choral Artists. Having earned her Suzuki teacher training with Carey Cheney, David Evenchick, Alice Ann O'neill, Avi Friedlander and Carey Beth Hockett, she strives to incorporate the Suzuki Method into her teaching and daily practice.

When she is not behind the cello, you can find her dancing in the kitchen with her two daughters, binge-watching Netflix, or taking an afternoon nap.