Stephanie Long :
Saxophones, Flute, Piccolo
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Stephanie Long came to the East coast to study with Jackie McLean. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Arizona, where she studied saxophone, flute, clarinet and oboe. In 1998, she received a DownBeat magazine award for her quartet, SaxMania. In ‘99, she began her graduate studies in saxophone at the Hartt School of Music.
As well as Jazz, she excels in symphonic, chamber and 20th Century art music. She has performed with Betty Buckley and Rosemary Clooney, as well as in the New York Musical Theater Festival. Her passion for playing is equaled only by her love of teaching and she keeps an active studio in New York City.