About

Bmore Strings

Bmore Strings is Baltimore’s leading strings studio, providing expert instruction, flexible scheduling, and a student-centered approach to music lessons. The studio offers one-on-one lessons in violin, viola, cello, music theory, and music composition for students aged 4 and older, including adults. Expanding its string program, the studio is proud to now offer cello instruction! Music lessons are customized to support students’ musical interests and skill development. Suzuki teaching methods are incorporated into lesson curriculum.

Bmore Strings is located in the Hampden-Woodberry neighborhood of Baltimore, inside Meadow Mill. The studio shares the building with Morton Street Dance Center, The Potter’s Guild, and various other artisans, schools, and businesses. 

Bmore Strings visitors can pop into close-by Artifact Coffee or enjoy the restaurants and shops on The Avenue in Hampden on their lesson days.

Liz Wisniewski, Director, Violin & Viola Teacher

Liz Wisniewski holds a B.M. in String Performance and Film Music from Berklee College of Music and an M.A. in Music Composition from Mills College, and is an M.A. candidate in Leadership in Teaching at Notre Dame of Maryland University (2027). She has studied viola performance with Hank Dutt of Kronos Quartet, and music composition with Fred Frith.

Liz has over 15 years of teaching experience with both K-12 and college level students. She has obtained teacher training with the Suzuki Association of the Americas, and is also a member of the American Composers Forum. Liz has received grant funding through the Maryland State Arts Council.

A critically acclaimed composer and performer, she has appeared at venues including the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore’s High Zero Fesitval, and The Stone in New York City. Liz leads Bmore Strings with a commitment to fostering musical growth and creativity in every student.

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Kate Porter, Cello Teacher

Kate Porter holds a B.M. in Cello Performance from San Francisco State University and an M.A. in Teaching Music from Notre Dame of Maryland University. While at San Francisco State, she studied under Irene Sharp, a protégé of Margaret Rowell. Kate has also studied cello performance at the Baltimore School for the Arts, the University of Michigan under Anthony Elliot, and the Trossinger Hochschule für Musik in Germany with Jean-Guihen Queyras.

Kate has nearly two decades of experience teaching music and fine arts to Baltimore City students, having begun teaching cello privately in 2005. Her cello instruction is based on the intuitive and effective pedagogies of Margaret Rowell, focusing on whole-body movement, flexibility, and freedom from rigidity.

As a performer, Kate has collaborated with many local musicians and recorded several albums across Baltimore and Philadelphia. She has also played for Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre and Ballet X, and was a featured performer at Baltimore’s High Zero Festival in 2006, 2009, and 2017. Today, she remains an active performer, composer, and improviser in Baltimore.