Stephen started writing and performing music from a young age. Now living in Hertfordshire with his wife and 2 children, Stephen has worked with some of the biggest names in the world of Jewish music.
From a young age, Stephen was performing in concerts whether as a singer or an instrumentalist. For three years running he took the lead role in his school’s Gilbert & Sullivan productions. After leaving school Stephen’s interest in music continued during his university years and in 1991 he became the Musical Director and Conductor of the Shabbaton Choir, a post he has occupied 21 years. Stephen, together with the Shabbaton Choir and acclaimed chazanim Lionel Rosenfeld, Shimon Craimer and Jonny Turgel, has toured extensively both in the UK and abroad. Conducting 7 Solidarity Through Song tours to Israel, performing at 21 consecutive Selichot services throughout the UK, as well as an American tour, leaves Stephen a seasoned performer who always leaves his audience wanting more. Stephen has a busy diary with Shabbaton choir with tours to Gothenburg, Sweden and Los Angeles already planned. There is also a return visit to New York and a further trip to Israel planned for 2013.
Stephen was recently invited to conduct the Young Chamber Orchestra of the Hassadna Music Conservatory in a concert held at the Jerusalem Music Centre in Jerusalem and then subsequently on their visit to London in November 2011.
Stephen is the co-founder and conductor of the Yavneh College Singers, indulging his passion for teaching and inspiring children to fulfil their musical potential.
One of Stephen's biggest strengths lies not only in performing music, but composing inspirational and uplifting pieces of Jewish music, that have been sung in synagogues worldwide. Stephen began to write music for the Shabbaton Choir in 1993, and has gone on to compose notable pieces such as Bilvavi and Brogez. Stephen is currently working with Raymond Goldstein of the Great Synagogue, Jerusalem. Stephen’s most popular piece, 'Oseh Shalom', commissioned for the Chief Rabbi's Home of Hope CD, has been critically acclaimed worldwide, and continues to build momentum as one of the modern Jewish anthems of our time.
