Stephanie Winters
Encyclopedia
Stephanie Winters is an American
New York
-based cellist with a wide-ranging career as soloist and performer. Winters creates leadership-themed programs and has performed for organizations such as Lincoln Center, The World Bank, United Nations Development Program and Rutgers University
and acts as a workshop facilitator. She has performed and recorded with various musicians including Richie Havens
, Enya
, Dar Williams
, Anne Murray
, Michael Jones
, Paula Cole
, Corrine Bailey Rae and The O'Jays
. She has played on more than 100 CDs and toured extensively in the USA, Canada, and Europe.
public school music program and then attended the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School
. Winters earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cello performance from the State University of New York (Purchase College Conservatory of Music) and an Master of Arts
from Columbia University
in Music Education. She has taught instrumental performance at the New School (1987–93) and privately.
magazine described the duo's first CD as unlike "anything else on the airwaves."
From 2004 to 2008, Winters toured as a trio with Richie Havens
. Various venues included the Cannes Film Festival
, Carnegie Hall, Monte Carlo Sporting Festival (Monaco), Chiasso Festate (Switzerland), Solidays (France) and Womad Festival (Australia, New Zealand). She played on Haven's CDs Grace of the Sun (2004) and Nobody Left to Crown (2008).
Winters has performed live on National Public Radio, BBC
, CBC
, Radio France, and Radio Switzerland. Her television appearances include Saturday Night Live
, Regis and Kelly, Good Morning America and One Shot Not (Paris).
In 2009, Winters co-directed a short film with Marie LeClaire titled Cello about a day in her life as a cellist.
She also co-developed and taught the program 'Bach to the Future' for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Meet the Artist Schools Series with Paul Guzzone; and designed thematic concerts by the Stephanie Winters Cello Ensemble for the Center's Meet the Artist Custom Programs.
Winters performed the inaugural concert of original songs with Dina Richardson
at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY 2009
and "Magnolia" by Richie Havens
. Other tracks include pieces by Bela Bartok
, Miles Davis
, Ornette Coleman, Carlos Paredes, Thomas A. Dorsey, and her brother James Winters, as well as two of her own compositions. Winters plays all cello parts (as many as 32 at once) on the CD. Producer Alan Williams engineered the CD and arranged several of the cuts.
United States
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New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based cellist with a wide-ranging career as soloist and performer. Winters creates leadership-themed programs and has performed for organizations such as Lincoln Center, The World Bank, United Nations Development Program and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
and acts as a workshop facilitator. She has performed and recorded with various musicians including Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
, Enya
Enya
Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...
, Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk.She is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, The Nields, Shawn Colvin, Girlyman, Joan Baez, and Catie Curtis.-Biography:Williams was born...
, Anne Murray
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
, Michael Jones
Michael Jones (new age pianist)
Michael Jones is a New Age pianist, author, and lecturer.- Biography :Jones is a native of Ontario, Canada. His first album, Pianoscapes, was the first album released on the Narada record label.- Original discography :...
, Paula Cole
Paula Cole
Paula Cole is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.-Early life:...
, Corrine Bailey Rae and The O'Jays
The O'Jays
The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005...
. She has played on more than 100 CDs and toured extensively in the USA, Canada, and Europe.
Education
Winters began her cello studies as a fourth grader in the LevittownLevittown, New York
Levittown is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead located on Long Island in Nassau County, New York. Levittown is midway between the villages of Hempstead and Farmingdale. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 51,881....
public school music program and then attended the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
. Winters earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cello performance from the State University of New York (Purchase College Conservatory of Music) and an Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in Music Education. She has taught instrumental performance at the New School (1987–93) and privately.
Career
From 1991-99, Winters performed in the alternative-folk duo The Nudes with Walter Parks. The Nudes released three CD albums: The Nudes (1993), Velvet Sofa (1996), and Boomerang (1998), and licensed recordings to an HBO series. BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine described the duo's first CD as unlike "anything else on the airwaves."
From 2004 to 2008, Winters toured as a trio with Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
. Various venues included the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
, Carnegie Hall, Monte Carlo Sporting Festival (Monaco), Chiasso Festate (Switzerland), Solidays (France) and Womad Festival (Australia, New Zealand). She played on Haven's CDs Grace of the Sun (2004) and Nobody Left to Crown (2008).
Winters has performed live on National Public Radio, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, CBC
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
, Radio France, and Radio Switzerland. Her television appearances include Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, Regis and Kelly, Good Morning America and One Shot Not (Paris).
In 2009, Winters co-directed a short film with Marie LeClaire titled Cello about a day in her life as a cellist.
She also co-developed and taught the program 'Bach to the Future' for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
Meet the Artist Schools Series with Paul Guzzone; and designed thematic concerts by the Stephanie Winters Cello Ensemble for the Center's Meet the Artist Custom Programs.
Winters performed the inaugural concert of original songs with Dina Richardson
Dina Richardson
Dina Richardson, aka Dina Taylor, is an American singer and songwriter. Richardson is a native New Yorker whose musical roots are in New York and London. She spent her youth singing in a church choir. She attended the Long Island High School for the Arts, specializing in voice and drama...
at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY 2009
Recordings
Winter's solo debut CD, Through the Storm was re-released in 2009 with two new tracks, "Mercy Street" by Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
and "Magnolia" by Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children...
. Other tracks include pieces by Bela Bartok
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Ornette Coleman, Carlos Paredes, Thomas A. Dorsey, and her brother James Winters, as well as two of her own compositions. Winters plays all cello parts (as many as 32 at once) on the CD. Producer Alan Williams engineered the CD and arranged several of the cuts.