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Ben Stepner

Ben Stepner is a 23 year old musician from Newton, Massachusetts. In 2007, Ben founded his own netlabel, Pure Potentiality Records. In 2010, he received a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory, where he enjoyed studying composition and improvisation with such teachers as Anthony Coleman and John Mallia. Ben lives in Jamaica Plain and makes electronic music.

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Ben Stepner: Nineteen Pieces for Piano

Read "Nineteen Pieces for Piano" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


There's a corridor on the second floor of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris with a breathtaking succession of paintings by post-Impressionists like Bonnard, Vuillard and Denis. Less visited and less famous than the paintings by Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, van Gogh and others upstairs, they are nevertheless a highlight, perhaps the outstanding highlight of a visit to the museum.Listening to pianist Ben Stepner's début, a short record of short solo piano pieces (average length: one-and-a-half minutes) is a bit ...

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"Jazz wunderkind" -The Boston Phoenix

"Man...he could just think of a beat and just play it...makes me wish i was doing that all these years instead of playing football." -Actually overhead walking out of one of Ben's concerts

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Credentials/Background

Have been teaching privately for three years. Normal rate is $50 / hour. Available any time in the summer, and weekends and weeknights during the school year. I live in Newton Center, MA. I'll teach a student of any level.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Nineteen Pieces for...

Pure Potentiality Records
2007

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Nineteen Pieces for...

Pure Potentiality Records
2007

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