Stephen Deitz
Stephen Deitz began his piano studies at the age of five, studying during his middle- and high-school years with Levin Houston in Fredericksburg, Virginia. During his senior high-school year, he studied in Washington, D.C., with Evelyn Swarthout Hayes, a member of the piano faculty at American University. After beginning his undergraduate studies at the College of William and Mary, he studied with Adele Marcus of the Juilliard School. Stephen completed his Masters of Music degree at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, as a scholarship student of John Perry. Upon relocating to New York City, he began coaching extensively with Oxana Yablonskaya of the Juilliard School. Although he subsequently began his doctoral studies with Nelita True at the University of Maryland, College Park, he interrupted them after being named Artist-in-Residence at the Dunbarton School of Music in Hamilton, Bermuda. After a two-year tenure as Artist-in-Residence, he returned to New York where he resumed his doctoral studies at the Manhattan School of Music. While there he studied with Solomon Mikowski, Constance Keene and Jeffrey Cohen. Chamber music studies have included coachings with Sergiu Luca and Arnold Steinhardt. Mr. Deitz is Artistic Director and faculty member of the Duxbury Music Festival where he performs regularly with its guest artists.
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