Steven Murphy

Music Director

 he/him/his

Music@stmichaelsnoblesville.org

Steven Kent Murphy, our musician, is from New York State.  Steve has worked with St. Michaels’ choir and keyboards since 2009, heading up both the traditional choir at St. Michael’s as well as the Contemporary Choir (2010-2020).

Steve holds a Master of Music Performance from Ithaca School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music Performance and Music Theory from SUNY Fredonia.  Steven won a stipend from Cornell University in 1994 to perform a piano recital of Joplin, Debussy and Ravel.  In 1996, Steven was awarded “Best Musical Score” from Theatre Association of New York State for his incidental music compositions to the play Top Girls, by Caryl Churchill. 

Steven is a keyboardist, and yet has a long-standing relationship with vocal music, and has performed in Madrigal Groups, Choral Ensembles, Cabarets and Popular Music groups, including Park Avenue Band, a Chicago cover band and American Cabaret Theatre.  His church music experiences include  United Methodist, Free Methodist, Assembly of God, and United Church of Christ.