Kirsten Bersch

Kirsten Bersch is the Program Director and a violin coach for Elemental Strings. Kirsten is an elementary music teacher in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, where she has been teaching since 1999.  She holds a BA in Music Education from California State University, Northridge, and an MA in Music History and Literature from California State University, Fullerton.  She has been a violin coach for Elemental Strings since its inception in 2004, and Program Director for the orchestra since 2009.