Steve is a recording artist for VGo Recordings and in 2007 he released his debut CD, Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1 (VG1013), a joint effort with guitarist Joseph Williams II and La Bella Strings. His second CD, Imagen (VG1015), features the Latin American compositions of AgustÃn Barrios and Antonio Lauro.
Steve was the first prize winner at the Boston GuitarFest Solo Competition (2006) and the East Carolina University Guitar Competition (2001). He has appeared at festivals such as Yale Guitar Extravaganza, L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana, ChitarraImperia Festival, and Stetson Guitar Workshop.
In the field of contemporary music, Steve has collaborated with Boston Microtonal Society’s NotaRiotous, a chamber ensemble dedicated to promoting microtonal music. He has also performed at New England Conservatory’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) and on the New Gallery Concert Series of Boston, which promotes new music and art. Steve frequently collaborates with composers and he has premiered works by David McMullin, Nomi Epstein, Joseph Johnson, Matthew McConnell, and Colin Stack.
In 2005 Steve founded Boston Guitar Project, an outreach initiative and concert series. Through Boston Guitar Project, Steve has brought the guitar before new audiences, serving the community through events such as benefit concerts for disaster relief, afternoon concerts for nursing homes and hospitals, fund raiser concerts for community organizations, and more. In the same year, he became the assistant director of Boston GuitarFest, the premier guitar festival in the New England region.
Steve is currently a doctoral candidate at New England Conservatory studying with Eliot Fisk. He earned his M.M. at Yale School of Music and his B.M. at NEC. His teachers have included Oscar Ghiglia, Lorenzo Micheli, Wei-Ren Chuang, Ronald Purcell, Ronald Borczon and Ben Verdery. At present, Steve is a private guitar instructor in the San Jose, CA area. During his free time he enjoys cooking and playing table tennis.
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Eliot Fisk Guitar Series Vol.1
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Imagen - Works by Barrios and Lauro
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"Choro da Saudade" by Agustin Barrios
"Adagio in E" by Dionisio Aguado"El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos" by Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Allegro from BWV 998 by J.S. Bach
Sonata K.512 by Domenico Scarlatti
El Abejorro by Emilio Pujol