About Steve

Music for all Occasions

Steve Kramer is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.

Steve's Resume listed below:

EDUCATION:

B. A. In Music Composition, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Ma. 1978.

Currently on the advisory board of the Trenton Community Music School.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Princeton High School, Princeton, N. J. September 1998 to June 2000. Taught Pop/Jazz theory class and conducted the Nassau Band. Princeton Elementary Instrumental Music Program. September 2000 to present.

Peddie School, Hightstown, N.J. January 1991 to present. Private lessons in music theory and
improvisation. September 1995 to May 1998 - Director of Jazz Band.

Princeton Conservatory. Princeton, N.J. September 1996 to Dec. 2000. Taught jazz theory and
improvisation.

Westminster Conservatory, Princeton, N.J. 1987-1989. Jazz piano teacher.

Phillip's Academy. Andover, Ma. 1977-1984. Piano teacher.

Private piano teacher.

CONCERT PERFORMANCES: 1975 to present.

With various jazz artists and comedians, including: Artie Shaw Band, Clark Terry, Richie Cole, John Coles, Tal Farlow, Al Cohn, Slim Gaillard, Bobby Durham, Ray Mantilla, Janis Siegal,
Warren Vache Jr.,Steve Turre, Ralph Bowen, Mel Torme, Charo, Henny Youngman, Steven Wright.

MUSIC/THEATER:

Musical Director, rehearsal pianist, composer, arranger. National Dance Institute under the direction of Jacques D'Amboise, Trenton schools. 1990 to present.

Rehearsal pianist. Summer theatre camp-Peddie School 1990 to present.

Musical Director. Foundation Theatre, Burlington County College. 1996 to present.

Assistant Conductor, Ice Capades - 1986-1988

Pianist. The New Artie Shaw Big Band - 1984-1986

Freelance pianist and bandleader, performing for many clubs, restaurants, hotels, jazz concerts and parties in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Some of the places Steve has performed:

The Breakers - West Palm Beach, Florida

Disneyland - Los Angeles, California

1984 Presidential Inaugural Ball - Washington, DC

Academy of Music - Philadelphia, PA

Lincoln Center - New York

Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, California

Dorothy Chandler Pavillion - Los Angeles, California

Pierre Hotel - New York

Waldorf Astoria - New York

The Plaza Hotel - New York

Berlin Jazz Festival - West Berlin, Germany

Showboat Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada

Westbury Music Fair - Long Island

Royal York Hotel - Toronto, Canada

Arlington Theater - Santa Barbara, California

Kool Jazz Festival - NYC

As an educator he has served as an instructor at Phillip's Academy, In Andover, Ma. Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and currently The Peddie School in Hightstown NJ, and the Princeton Regional School district. Steve also teaches privately. He has performed with various Jazz Artists and recorded under his own name and with others. For the past several summers Steve has been Musical Director at Foundation Theater in Burlington and pianist for the summer arts program at the Peddie School. Steve has also performed on Broadway. For twelve years he has played, conducted and composed original works for the National Dance Institute under the direction of Jacques D'Amboise. He conducted the Ice Capades with Scott Hamilton and Dorothy Hamill, and played for a variety of performers, including Mel Torme, Henny Youngman, and Steven Wright. Steve toured with the "New Artie Shaw Band" and appeared in the 1987 Academy Award winning Documentary on Artie Shaw, "Time is all You've got". He currently plays in his own band for public and private functions.