Stephen Estep Email & Phone Number

Dayton, OH, US

Rehearse with and accompany choirs at the Intermediate School, Middle School, and High School levels. Accompany and coach students one-on-one for OMEA Solo & Ensemble.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Piano accompanist for choirs, singers, instrumentalists, etc. Freelance work for faculty and individual students at the University of Dayton, Miami University, and Cedarville University. Accompanied auditions and recitals for guest artists and faculty candidates as well. Repertory list has approximately 250 concertos, sonatas, song cycles, and other.

I began composing music on my own when I was 14; I completed a symphony in full orchestral score, an accordion concerto, and several smaller pieces in high school. In graduate school, I started taking lessons and composing again. My clarinet sonata, Technical Difficulties, is self-published, and it has been performed at Rice University, the University of.

Editor for Karen Eiler's book, The Excellent Wife, published in 2011 by Focus Publishing, MN.

I started selling the occasional CD or LP on Ebay in 1999 and did so casually until September, 2012. At that point, selling on Ebay and Amazon became part-time work, providing about half my income each year. Most of my inventory comes from thrift stores and garage sales, so I clean and test electronics, inspect clothing and other items (and watch out for.

Regularly write album reviews covering classical, world, Americana, bluegrass, rock, folk, gospel, and blues. Occasionally write feature articles and reviews about artists and record labels. Reviews have been quoted on label and artist websites and in promotional materials. A few sample reviews:Overview of the roots and old-time music label.

Writing reviews of albums and box sets (nearly 800 published as of January, 2019) for bi-monthly magazine. I cover all periods of classical music, but my specialty is 20th century composers from Russia and Eastern Europe. Reviews have been quoted on label and artist websites and in promotional materials.

Beavercreek, OH

At church, from ages 13 to 32, ran audio/video equipment and was responsible for training people on camera and sound board, for recording services, and for cataloging and maintaining sermon library of 5000 cassettes and other recordings.Also learned how to splice cassette tapes, solder cords, and do basic maintenance on cassette decks and other audio.

Waynesville, OH

Beavercreek, OH

Played piano and organ (not simultaneously) for congregational singing; piano, bass, guitar, accordion, and other instruments for special music. Produced, recorded (Sonar Home Studio software), and played 9 or 10 instruments via overdubbing for a CD sung by a woman in the church.

Moraine, OH

Responsible for cataloging, photographing, and uploading product lines. Also created banners and graphics for the website and marketing emails, and photographed many new products. Safely participated in the Great Pallet Jack Long Jump of 2007.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Installed and serviced stand-alone POS credit card terminals and cashless ATMs. Also did cold-calling, customer service, and customer training.

Accompanist for 2001 summer music camp.

Responsible for scheduling the recording of recitals on reel-to-reel and Digital Audio Tape, and for training students to operate microphones, mixers, recorders, and other equipment. Also assisted in training undergrads to operate and record on digital recorders for class projects.

Oxford, OH

Engineer, editor, and producer for weekly radio shows (Music at Miami and ARTSLine); also did a little announcing during overnight programming.

Set up and worked with surface grinders, milling machines, lathes, and bandsaws. Operated CNC machines (no programming) and did a little brazing of small parts. Ground and lapped probes and parts to within +/- 0.002 tolerances; checked accuracy with gauge blocks, micrometers, and calipers.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Music Performance, General

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa (Incomplete), Music Performance, General