Brooke Mickelson
Instruments taught: Violin, Viola
Styles taught: Classical
Email: brookeviolist@gmail.com
Ages taught: 5+
Languages taught: English
Offers group lessons
Based in Mountain View, CA
Brooke Mickelson is a violist, music educator, and social entrepreneur with a passion for community arts engagement. Through all of her roles, her mission is to connect people through the arts and provide access to music education. She started playing viola in public school at age 10 because it was “cool” and has never stopped believing it. She holds a Master of Music Performance (Performance Pedagogy) from Arizona State University (ASU) and a Bachelor of Music Performance from Boise State University. She has studied with Nancy Buck, Dr. Linda Kline, and Jennifer Drake. She is currently based in Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ms. Mickelson has 10 years of experience teaching private music lessons. Her students have earned seats in youth orchestras and high school chamber orchestras and have been accepted to study music at university. She runs a private music studio, Brooke Mickelson Music, LLC, in the South Bay Area with upwards of 15 students. Additionally, she is on faculty for the Community School of Music and Arts, a nonprofit organization with the mission Arts4All.
Since moving to the San Francisco bay area in 2022, she has played with numerous local orchestras from Palo Alto Philharmonic to Master Sinfonia. She played in a Viola Quartet formed with members of Palo Alto Phil, performing Romanza by Christopher Lowry in November 2023. As of spring 2025, Ms. Mickelson is principal viola of the Redwood Symphony and the Harmonia California Chamber Orchestra. She also plays with the Hygge trio since a debut performance of the Kodaly Serenade in May 2025.