Matthew Stephens

Location:

New York, New York (Astoria)
United States 11102

Additional Info:

Hello! With extensive experience as a Music Director and coach for music theatre, opera, & instrumental settings, I bring high quality work to any setting with a collaborative spirit. Currently, I'm a freelance coach and audition pianist for music theatre performers as well as opera singers, familiar with the standard aria & MT repertoire. I'm also on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division and Montclair State University, serving as a vocal coach & studio pianist.

Equally at home in classical and contemporary styles, I've performed in venues ranging from the Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Theatre to the Duplex Piano Bar & famed cabaret nightclub 54 Below. Recently I had the pleasure of collaborating with Norm Lewis debuting a new song by Jeff Blumenkrantz for the board of Lincoln Center. Earlier this year, I coached internationally renowned Deborah Voigt in her debut of the title role in The Merry Widow.

Opera & Music Theatre:
Fort Worth Opera (Repetiteur)
Light Opera of New York- LOONY (Music Director/coach)
Kentucky Opera (Repetiteur)
York Theatre Company (Music Director for reading)
Montclair State University (Vocal coach/staff pianist)
Seagle Music Colony (Music Director/Coach)
College Light Opera Company (Associate Conductor)
West Village Music Theatre Festival (Off-Broadway Music Director)
A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute (Asst. Coach/Accompanist)
Papermill Theatre (Main Stage Music Director)
JMU School of Theatre & Dance (Staff Accompanist)

Summer Programs:
Staunton Music Festival (Young Artist Fellow)
Brevard Music Center (Pianist)
SongFest @Pepperdine (Professional Program Pianist)

B.M. Piano Performance, James Madison University
M.M. Collaborative Piano, NC School of the Arts
Primary teachers: Gabriel Dobner, Allison Gagnon
Master Classes: Martin Katz, Margo Garrett, Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Adam Guettel

Fees

$ 60.00 Dollars Per Hour
additional fees may apply for audio/visual recording sessions as well as last-minute work

Instruments

Piano, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Contemporary Music, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction

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