For
the last twenty years, Steven has worked in New York City and the
surrounding area as a music director; associate music director;
composer; arranger; copyist; dance arranger and voice over performer.
Steven has played keyboards in the pits of such Broadway shows as Blood Brothers and Swinging on a Star and played rehearsal piano for All Shook Up. Off Broadway he was Music director for A Naughty Knight and Associate Music Director for The Jazz Singer
(directed by Richard Sabellico) at Jewish Repertory Theatre as well as
associate music director for Melting Pot Theatre's production of A Child's Garden
at Theatre 3 (which was voted top one of the top 10 shows of the
current Off Broadway season by the New York Post). Other Off Broadway
shows include When Pigs Fly (Douglas Fairbanks); The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), That's Life (Jewish Repertory Theatre/Theatre East), Annie Warbucks (Variety Arts) and Eating Raoul (Union Square Theatre).
Regional credits include: Gypsy (with Betty Buckley) at the Papermill Playhouse. In June 2008, Steven was the associate music director of Hot 'N Cole which was presented at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by two time Tony award winner Jim Naughton.
On May 16, 2009 Steven served as Music Director for Jim Shankman's, SLEEP WITH ME
produced by the Emerging Artists Theater. Steven played piano for
Simply Barbra at Fulton Opera House in June 2009, music directed Will
and Anthony Nunziata at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention in 2008. Steven also served as music director for Neva Small's one woman show entitled NOT JUST AN INGENUE at the Actors Temple in NYC.
Steven appeared as an onstage piano player in the hit TV show The Gossip Girls. He also provided background music for the premiere broacast of At Martha's Table, with Martha Stewart, at Sirius Radio. Steven is the composer of the musical THE HUMAN HEART, which debuted at Marymount Manhattan College and received a grant from the Billy Rose Foundation.
His
work as composer (Who Needs Romance) can be also heard on the CD's Quel
Fromage and Our Heart Sings He is the published composer of two
children's holiday musicals ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS and THE FIRST EASTER BUNNY available through Encore Perfomance Publishing. His song The Path You Choose is featured on John Treacy Egan's CD, Count The Stars. He is also the music arranger on the CD. In August 2008, the Fringe festival will present THE BOSS IN THE SATIN KIMONO, for
which Steven has written music. He has had the pleasure of "tickling
the ivories" for TV celebrities like the cast of Will and Grace (Debra
Messing, Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally, and Harry Connick,
Jr.) John Stamos (of Full House) and for theater personalities like
Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, Tony Award Nominee Alison Fraser,
legendary performer John Raitt (Bonnie's father); for pop personalities
like Deborah Gibson and legendary Carole King. He also has contributed
original songs to the Arts And Artists Series at Lincoln Series with
lyricists Drew Fornarola, Mary Ellen Ashley and Andrew Zachary Cohen.
He
has worked as a music director/arranger/copyist for composers like
Charles Strouse (Annie); Stephen Sondheim (Passion); and Jerry Herman
(Mame). Most recently Steven has created a seminar called THE
FEARLESS AUDITION, which has been very well received in Washington
State and upstate New York, Arizona, Long Island and New York City.
He is listed as one of the New York vocal coaches in the book VOICE
TEACHERS AND VOCAL COACHES OF NEW YORK CITY - available at Drama Book
Shop.
Steven will serve as music director/arranger for RUDOLPH UNPLUGGED, ,being presented at the Laurie Beechman Theater at Westbank Café in NYC in November and December 2009.
He
is currently on the faculty of AMDA and for the past five years, he
served as music director for the 5th grade graduation ceremonies at PS
6 in New York City.
For
the last twenty years, Steven has worked in New York City and the
surrounding area as a music director; associate music director;
composer; arranger; copyist; dance arranger and voice over performer.
