Stephen Story

Associate Director of Wind Ensemble

Bio

Stephen Story is currently in his 12th year as the Associate Director of the Carnegie
Mellon Wind Ensemble. Over the past decade he has conducted works by Colgrass,
Grainger, Persichetti, Stravinsky and Varèse. He has also recorded works by Leonardo
Balada and Philip Sparke.
Stephen is a very strong believer in the value of music education. He has taught music in
Pittsburgh Public Schools, Alamance County, North Carolina, and The Ellis School in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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 Pandolfi
of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.