Stephen Price - Sparkling Intensity (2025)

Stephen “Stef” C. Price joined the music faculty at the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2023 as the inaugural Paul B. Fritts Faculty Fellow and Artist-in-Residence in Organ. As the head of organ studies, he teaches organ performance and courses in organ literature, church music, and keyboard harmony.

Having received in 2009 his undergraduate degree in music from Western Connecticut State University, he was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study historical and modern French organ music in Toulouse, France. His graduate studies were completed at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, including a Master of Music conferred in 2012 and a Doctor of Music in 2019.

Appointed Associate Director of Music at First United Methodist Church, San Diego, California, 2015-17, he subsequently accepted a full-time faculty post teaching organ at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2018-2023. Dr. Price’s debut album, Paris Impact Organ Suites, was recorded at Ball State and is released as a CD on Raven OAR-168 and in digital distribution. Additionally, Michael Barone has featured his recordings on the Pipedreams radio program and website. Dr. Price mounted on YouTube UW Music: Black Composers Project: Music for Organ. As a church musician, Stephen Price has served as organist and choir director in the Puget Sound region, and is Director of Music at Plymouth United Church of Christ in Seattle.