Bill Stevens

Bill Stevens - Performer, Composer, Arranger, Educator

EDUCATION:

September 1992 to May 1994

Master of Arts - Education Administration New York University, New York City School Administration and Supervision School District Administration

August 1979 to December 1980

Master of Music - Jazz Pedagogy University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

August 1974 to May 1978

Bachelor of Music - Music Education State University of New York at Fredonia, N.Y.

EDUCATOR:

2016 Coordination and Director - Student Jazz Programing Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Lucy Moses School at Lincoln Center New York Jazz Workshop

July 2005 to Retired February 2016 Assistant Principal Administration/Organization Supervisor of Performing Arts Studios Director of Jazz Studies Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, New York City

November 2000 to June 2005 Assistant Principal Administration/Organization F. H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York City

1973 to Present Private Instructor Trumpet - all levels Jazz Improvisation - all instruments Composition and Modern Arranging Techniques

HONORS:

2019 Doug Cuomo - Bill Stevens Duo invited to perform as guest artists at Breathing Peace, Music for a More Peaceful World BREATHING PEACE is a concert designed to help people envision peace and find a path to compassion and tolerance through inward reflection and outward action. Music has the power to heal. It eases personal anguish in a world burdened with violence and hatred. 2019 Invited as a guest artist/clinician, “The Music of Miles Davis” by pianist Amina Fugarova, New York Jazz Workshop Rhythm Section Class. 2018 Invited to speak at the Australasian Jazz & Improvisation Research Network Conference in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 1-3, 2018. Topic of Discussion: So What? Jazz and improvised music research and its impact on artists, scenes and society. 2017 Invited to speak at the Joint Research Centres Conference at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway, November 1-3, 2017. Topic of discussion: The Protean Musician, the musician in future society - What does the future look like for the musician in society? 2016 Joined advisory board of the Collective Music School 2014 Presented a Master Class at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music on Jazz Pedagogy at the High School Level 2009 Jazz Education Network 2007 Jazz Improv Magazine Convention, Performer, New York City 2006 International Association of Jazz Educators 1990 National Endowment for the Humanities Commisioned the composition, “Flip of the Coin” 1987 “New Jazz, New City”, Performer, Seattle, WA. 1986 to 1987 Seattle Arts Commission Grant Commissioned the “Suite for Jazz Quintet”

PRIVATE STUDY:

1972 - 1974 Elliot Topalian, Syracuse, N.Y. 1974 - 1976 Herbert Winters Harp, Fredonia, N.Y. 1979 - 1980 Gilbert Johnson, Miami, FL. 1987 - 1988 Randy Brecker, New York City 1988 Jack Walrath, New York City 1999 - 2009 Joe Solomon, New York City 2005 - Present Laurie Frink, New York City

Biography Statement:

Bill Stevens (composer, trumpet and flugelhorn) received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Fredonia State University in 1978 and a Masters degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Miami in 1980. Bill has performed professionally in Miami, Florida; upstate New York; New York City, San Francisco and Seattle, Washington. He has performed with Billy Eckstine, Earl ‘fatha’ Hines, Spyro Gyra, Ira Sullivan, Denis DiBlasio, Randy Johnston, Ronnie Leigh, Julian Priester, Brad Shepik, Chuck Metcalf, Marc Seales, Bob Meyer, John Bishop, Owen Howard, Dom Minasi, Pete McCann, Ben Gramm, Josh Sinton, Ben Rosenblum, Brian Woodruff and ensembles under his own name including currently the Bill Stevens Group, Sound House with Bill Stevens, Doug Cuomo and Gary Fogel, the Bill Stevens Songbook and Standard Time Ensemble. Additionally, Bill performs in the Brass Quartet - As Though I Had Wings, the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble and the New York Jazz Workshop Big Band. Bill has been the recipient of performance and composition grants from the Seattle Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Music Center. He has been a guest speaker with the Joint Research Centres Conference at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway in 2017 and with the Australasian Jazz & Improvisation Research Network in 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 1990, in New York City, Bill has performed in various Jazz clubs, festivals and music conferences. He has studied with Elliott Topalian, Herbert W. Harp, Gilbert Johnson, Randy Brecker, Jack Walrath, Laurie Frink and with bassist Joe Solomon. In the 1990’s he received a Masters in Education Administration from New York University and has recently retired as the Assistant Principal-Administration/Organization and the Supervisor of Performing Arts studios, as well as the Director of Jazz Studies at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens. As of September 2016, Bill directed and coordinated Jazz programing for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, the Lucy Moses School and the New York Jazz Workshop. Bill Stevens lives in New York City with his wife Laura and their son Miles lives and works in San Francisco, CA as a Strength Coach and Nutrition Counselor.

Gear

1948 Martin Committee Trumpet 1970's Yamaha YFH-631 Flugelhorn 1970's Yamaha YTR-634 Trumpet Custom Built Mouthpieces by Giardinelli, New York, Greg Black Mouthpieces and Kanstul