Stephen Story

Associate Director of Wind Ensemble

Bio

Stephen Story is currently in his thirteenth year as the Associate Director of the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble. In the 2024-25 season he will conduct works by Katahj Copley, Nancy Galbraith, Paul Dooley, and others.

Stephen is a very strong believer in the value of music education. He has taught music in the Pittsburgh Public and Alamance County, North Carolina school districts. He was also the band and orchestra teacher at The Ellis School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At Carnegie Mellon Stephen teaches conducting, arranging and solfege courses.

Stephen earned a Master of Music in Conducting from Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied wind music with Denis Colwell, vocal music with Dr. Robert Page and composition with Nancy Galbraith. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Bassoon Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied with Philip Pandolphi of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.