Stephanie Austin

Stephanie Austin is the Director of piano and Vocal Studies, as well as Music Department Co-Chairperson at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, CA. As part of her tenure, she has presented advanced pianists in solo recital, competed with the advanced piano students to win Superior Plus ratings, and founded the Music Project, which has presented professional pianists in lecture/ recitals. Additionally, she founded the Classical Voice Vocal Jazz, and the Gospel Choir programs. These groups have performed for the Reno Jazz Festival, Columbia College Jazz Festival, Diablo Valley College Jazz Festival, De Anza College Choral Concert, Los Medanos College Choral Concert, College of San Mateo Choral Festival, as well as campus and community events.

Austin has been a Conductor, Performer, and Teacher in the Bay Area since 1988. A native of Louisiana, Austin received her Bachelor of Music in piano Performance from Loyola University. From the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, New York, she received her Master of Music in the fields of Choral Conducting and Music Education. Currently, she is a Doctoral candidate in Music and Music Education at Teacher's College, Columbia University in New York.

 


 

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