Drew Stephen
Assistant Professor, Music History/Music Theory

(210)458-5686
drew.stephen@utsa.edu

Drew Stephen holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario, the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Toronto.  After completing his Ph.D. in musicology, he held a University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences.  Dr. Stephen’s research concerns the social and cultural significance of the hunt in European music of the nineteenth century with a particular focus on opera.  He has presented papers, both nationally and internationally, on the role of the hunt in the works of Weber, Wagner, Verdi, and Brahms, on the hunt as a mediator of couleur locale, and on the influence of the hunting horn and hunting-horn music on the development of the orchestral horn and its repertoire.  Other areas of scholarly interest include the performance practices of eighteenth- and nineteenth century brass instruments and Canadian music.  Dr. Stephen’s work has appeared in The Horn Call, Discourses, the University of Toronto Quarterly, and a volume of essays, Bach Studies from Dublin.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Stephen is an active and accomplished performer on both modern and natural horns.  From 1991 to 1995 he held the position of Alternate Solo Horn with the Orchestra of the Landesbühnen Sachsen in Dresden, Germany.  From 1995 to 2004, he performed regularly with theatres, orchestras, and chamber music ensembles in the Toronto area.  Recent performances include Handel’s Concerto à due Cori and The Fireworks on period instruments with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra of Toronto and recordings for the forthcoming edition of the Norton Anthology of Western Music with the Aradia Ensemble.

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