Matthew A. Stephens MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR/PIANIST/COACH (540) 294 0526 stephens.matthewaaron@gmail.com Local 802 A.F. of M. AFL-CIO

NATIONAL TOUR R&H’s The Sound of Music Associate Conductor/Keys 2 NETworks Dir. Jack O’Brien MD: Andy Einhorn NEW YORK/OFF BROADWAY The Body Politic Music Supervisor/Conductor New York Music Theatre Festival Dir. Zi Alikhan Life & Death(s) of Alan Turing Rehearsal Pianist/Coach American Lyric Theatre Larry Edelson The Mikado Associate Music Director NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players MD: Aaron Gandy Paris Through the Window Music Director/Conductor Abingdon Theatre Company Dir. Tony Speciale Legend of the Voice Music Director/Keys 1 LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Matt Cowart The Only Girl Associate Music Director Light Opera of New York Mike Phillips

MD: Jerry Steichen The Medium Music Director/Conductor Taksu Productions Miles Mandwelle Paris Through the Window Music Director/Conductor The York Theatre (Developmental) Jonathan S. Cerullo Prod: Greg Nobile Working Music Director/Keys 1 Rye Country Day School A. Thompson The Councilwoman Music Director/Pianist West Village Music Theatre Festival M. Rosenberger REGIONAL The Light In the Piazza Music Director Seagle Music Colony Jay Lesenger ROSCOE (world premiere) Asst. Music Director/Keys 2 Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey The Most Happy Fella Music Director Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Die Fledermaus Music Director Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Les Misérables Asst. Music Director/Keys 2 Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Into The Woods Music Director Seagle Music Colony Jeff McEvoy West Side Story Music Director/Keys 1 Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Side by Side by Sondheim Music Director Seagle Music Colony Byron Jones 42nd Street Music Director Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Street Scene Rehearsal Pianist Seagle Music Colony Richard Kagey Anything Goes Associate Conductor College Light Opera Company Heidi Kloes Brigadoon Associate Conductor College Light Opera Tony Howarth South Pacific Associate Conductor College Light Opera John Lucas The Student Prince Associate Conductor College Light Opera John Lucas Drowsy Chaperone Associate Conductor College Light Opera Corin Hollifield Oklahoma! Asst. MD/Pianist Stevens Center Dir: Terrence Mann

MD: Kevin Stites She Loves Me Music Director/Keys 1 Oak Grove Theatre Hank Fitzgerald 25th Annual…Spelling Bee Music Director/Keys 1 Papermill Theatre Jonathan Flom Altar Boyz Asst. MD/Keys 2 Papermill Theatre Kevin P. Hill Mystery of Edwin Drood Asst. MD/Keys 2 Papermill Theatre Kevin P. Hill

CABARET/CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS • Music Director/Pianist: Voigt Lessons (with Deborah Voigt) Boulder, Colorado • Music Director/Pianist: Kurt Weill on Broadway (feat. Mary Testa) Feinstein’s/54 Below • Music Director/Pianist: Lincoln Center Originals: Songwriters (Prod. Lonny Price) Lincoln Center Atrium • Pianist for Norm Lewis debuting new Jeff Blumenkrantz song (Prod. Lonny Price) Lincoln Center Penthouse

Pianist: The Annual Cabaret 24 Hour Marathon Extravaganza Metropolitan Room • Music Director/Pianist: Light Opera of NY presents Pages from the American Songbook Players Club • Pianist: Jerry Herman on Broadway with the South Shore Symphony Molloy College • Music Supervisor/Pianist: #ApolloLink present We Three Kings Feinstein’s/54 Below • Music Director/Pianist: LaGuardia High School Cabaret Don’t Tell Mama

EXPERIENCE • Maltz Jupiter Theatre- Audition Accompanist (Bob Cline casting) 2016 • RSO & Lindsay Mendez’s ACTOR THERAPY- MD/pianist 2015-present • Montclair State University- Vocal Coach/Staff Pianist 2013-present • Seagle Music Colony- Music Director 2013-present • Manhattan School of Music- Precollege Substitute Faculty 2012-present • Winnipesaukee Playhouse- Audition Accompanist 2015 • Weston Playhouse- Accompanist for EPAs 2014 • The Juilliard School- vocal studio accompanist 2013-2014 • College Light Opera Company- Associate Conductor 2012 • Papermill Theatre- Music Director 2010

MENTORS

Aaron Gandy, Conductor/Music Director Andy Einhorn, Broadway Music Director John Mauceri, Conductor/Music Director Gerald Steichen, Conductor/Music Director

Kevin Stites, Broadway Music Director EDUCATION University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston- Salem, NC) M.M. Collaborative Piano James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) B.M. Piano Performance REFERENCES

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