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Stephen Cook received his Bachelor of Arts and
Master of Music degrees from the University of
South Carolina where he studied composition with
Dr. Samuel Douglas and piano performance and
pedagogy with Dr. Max Camp. Additional studies
were with Edith Oppens at the Aspen School of
Music and with Dr. Manuel Alvarez at the
Conductors Institute, University of South
Carolina. While completing his Doctor of Musical
Arts degree from the University of Southern
California, Dr. Cook served as an assistant
lecturer in the Keyboard Studies Department
under the direction of Stewart Gordon. He serves
on the Executive Board of the California
Association of Professional Music Teachers, is a
former research program specialist with the
Music Intelligence Neural Development Institute,
and currently holds faculty appointments with
the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los
Angeles, the Orange County High School of the
Arts in Santa Ana, and Whittier College. Stephen
Cook is a frequent clinician and adjudicator for
such organizations as the Music Teachers’
Association of California, the California
Association of Professional Music Teachers and
the Southwestern Youth Music Festival. He
recently adjudicated the Pro-Romania
International Piano Competition in Bucharest,
Romania, June, 2001 and frequently performs in
solo and collaborative efforts. He last appeared
with Susan Egan on the Orange County Performing
Arts Center’s Cabaret Series in October, 2003. |
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