Matthew A. Stephens

Versatile music director, pianist and conductor Matthew Stephens has performed in venues ranging from Lincoln Center to Club Cumming alongside industry luminaries including Mary Testa and Norm Lewis as well as opera stars Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay. He most recently served as the Associate Conductor for the NYTimes Critics’ Pick experimental opera What To Wear which played a sold out run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Matthew is currently music staff at Wicked on Broadway and previously served as a musician for the Sufjan Stevens Broadway dance musical Illinoise. NATIONAL TOUR: The Sound of Music (Associate Conductor). OFF BROADWAY: The Perfect Game (Theatre Row), The Body Politic (NYMF), Paris Through The Window (Abingdon). REGIONAL: Guys & Dolls (Ogunquit), Flying Toward The Sun (Penguin Rep), Kinky Boots (ACT of CT), RENT (Madison Theatre), Carmen (Fort Worth Opera), Gypsy (Arizona Broadway Theatre). CONCERT: Sweeney Todd (Pacific Symphony), My Fair Lady (Utah Symphony). A passionate advocate for new works, Matthew collaborates with organizations including the American Opera Project, NYU-Tisch MT Writing Program and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He is a former recipient of the Kenan Fellowship for Aesthetic Education with Lincoln Center Education. M.M. UNC School of the Arts. @maspianist