Matthew Stephans

Versatile music director and pianist Matthew Stephens has performed in venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Feinstein’s/54Below alongside Broadway luminaries including Norm Lewis and Mary Testa as well as opera stars Natalie Dessay and Deborah Voigt. National Tour: The Sound of Music (Associate Conductor), New York/Off Broadway: The Body Politic (NYMF), The Mikado (NYGASP), Mystery of Edwin Drood (Blue Hill Troupe). Regional: La Cage Aux Folles (Arizona Broadway Theatre), Sanctuary Road (North Carolina Opera), A Streetcar Named Desire (Kentucky Opera), Carmen (Forth Worth Opera), Concert: My Fair Lady (Utah Symphony), Witches Bitches & Divas! (GreenRoom42), Kurt Weill on Broadway (Feinstein’s/54Below). A strong advocate for new works, Matthew collaborates with the music teams for the American Opera Project, American Lyric Theatre, and NYU-Tisch MT Writing Program. He is a recipient of the Kenan Aesthetic Education Fellowship at Lincoln Center. Education: UNC School of the Arts (MM) James Madison University (BM). @maspianist