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Stephanie Steele studied both classical and jazz piano at BYU-Idaho, ultimately earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree with an emphasis in jazz piano. She loves to write music for her jazz quintet, which she performs with throughout the Tri-Cities region. Additionally, she enjoys accompanying instrumentalists, vocalists, and choirs for concerts and regional competitions.

When Stephanie’s not at the piano working out a new tune, she’s doing her best to inspire the next generation of musicians. Between private lessons and group jazz classes, there are 40+ students coming through Stephanie’s studio doors every week. Her music theory and jazz improv workshops branch out to middle and high school students of all levels and instruments to empower their own creativity. The content comes from her book, Music Theory You Should Know… Before Learning to Improvise. This step-by-step textbook helps young musicians unravel the basic building blocks of music. The book has received positive reviews from presentations at local (Tri-Cities MTNA) and statewide (WSMTA) music teacher conferences. 

Around the Mid-Columbia region, you can catch Stephanie playing at venues such as At Michele’s, The Emerald of Siam, The Princess Theatre, Tagaris, Avennia, Hamilton Cellars, and more. She’s usually performing with the Stephanie Steele Quintet, or The New Normal. As Stephanie’s longest running group, the Quintet premiers most of her original works. The New Normal is an all-women group aimed at empowering young, female musicians in the Tri-Cities, and performs arrangements created by all members of the group. And because being on stage clearly isn’t enough time to talk about jazz, you can also hear Stephanie on the airwaves from time to time as a fill-in radio host for KNKX and Jazz24.