Stephen Price - Paris Impact: Organ Suites (2021)

Stephen Price teaches organ, church music, and music theory at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, and is Director of Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Newcastle, Indiana. A native of Buffalo, New York, he began organ studies in high school and was appointed organ scholar at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, Buffalo, during his senior year. He attended Western Connecticut State University, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance. Subsequently, a Fulbright grant enabled study in Toulouse, France. At the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, he received the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees under the tutelage of Dr. Janette Fishell. Teachers and mentors include Marguerite Robinson, Andrew Scanlon, Stephen Roberts, Vince Edwards, Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, Bruce Neswick, Elisabeth Wright, and Dr. Wilma Jensen.

During his graduate studies, Dr. Price received awards in several international competitions, including the Franz Schmidt Organ Competition, the André Marchal Organ Competition, and the Canadian International Organ Competition.

Dr. Price is coordinator for the Sursa American Organ Competition, maintains an active membership in the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and has served as its Dean and in other administrative roles, and serves on the Organ Historical Society’s Membership Committee. He is represented by Seven Eight Artists.