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:
July 2005 to Present
Assistant Principal Administration/Organization
and 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:
2008
Artist Share Bronze Participant in the Learning Community Project
Composition "Full Circle" selected to be performed by the Learning Community Project Quintet on their Artist Share release "Perfect Strangers"
featuring: Brian Lynch, trumpet; Eric Alexander, saxophone; Jim McNeely, piano;
Todd Coolman, bass and Jim Reilly, drums.
2007
Jazz Improv Live Convention, Performer, New York City
2006
International Association of Jazz Educators
2005
Selected by Jazz Improv Magazine to be included in the First Annual
Brass Directory
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 - Present Joe Solomon, New York City
2005 - Present Laurie Frink, New York City
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:
Musician, Composer and Arranger
Have performed in concert and in recording sessions in several United States
cities including Miami, San Francisco, Seattle and New York with local and
internationally known artists including: Billy Eckstein and Earl “fatha”
Hines, Spyro Gyra, Ira Sullivan, Dee Daniels and Julian Priester.
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