Ellen Stephens - Cello

Contact Information:
email Ellen
513-321-2766

Department: Instrumental: Cello

Education:

  -- M.M. in Cello Performance, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
  -- B.M. in Cello Performance, Middle Tennessee State University

Mrs. Ellen C. Stephens has been teaching cello with the Musical Arts Center since 2000. In addition to her cello studio at MAC she is the director of the NKU Music Prep Strings Division. She currently conducts Northern Kentucky Concert Strings and the Northern Kentucky Youth Sinfonia.

Mrs. Stephens’ additional pedagogical conducting experience includes Saint Xavier High School String Ensemble and various String Ensembles with the Wyoming String Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio . Mrs. Stephens received her BM in cello performance at Middle Tennessee State University and her MM in cello performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Cello performances include Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy; Dayton Symphony and Springfield Symphony; Playhouse in the Park; and soloist with the Seven Hills Sinfonietta. She is also the founder and direct of the James P. Stephens Scholarship Fund which directly benefits string students in the tri-state area.