Lessons include a well rounded education in piano basics: reading, theory, technique, performance and appreciation. He teaches all ages and all levels in these styles and focuses on developing the music fundamentals with his students.

Stephen's music background began in elementary school with his studies in trumpet and continuing through junior high. He began piano study in high school and has been playing ever since, receiving a degree from Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University in music. He has studied with teachers Marilyn Thompson, Anna Harriette Foshee, Deanne Reeder, Casey Cameron and Jean Young.

He occasionally performs with singer Annemarie Rosa, also from Sonoma State University. Stephen believes in bringing out the inner musician in all his students and believes that piano study is important in developing that.