Chris Stephens

World Musician

About

Chris Stephens is a multi-instrumentalist musician that performs a variety of traditional music styles on a collection of historic instruments from Asia, India, and the Middle East, as well as bluegrass banjo. Dedicated to learning the authentic styles of music from each of these regions, Chris’ performances are testament to the claim that music is the global language.

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  • 5/11/24: Private Event @ The Reverie, St. Louis MO

  • 4/28/24: WorldFest @ St. Louis Music Park – Maryland Heights MO

  • 4/27/24: Columbia Farmers Market, 10 am – noon

  • 4/20/24: Ethnic Enrichment Diplomatic Ball @ Sheraton Crown Center, Kansas City MO

  • 4/13/24 : Columbia Farmers Market, 10am – noon 

  • 2/21/24 : World Music Workshop @ Rossman School, St. Louis MO

  • 2/21/24: World Music Workshop @ Lift for Life Academy, St. Louis MO

  • 1/28/24 : Lunar New Year Party @ Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City

  • 1/24/24 : Diversity Celebration @ Holiday Inn, Columbia MO

  • 11/18/23 : Columbia Farmers Market 9am – 12pm

  • 10/17/23 : World Music Class @ University of Missouri School of Music, Columbia MO

  • 10/10/23 : Guest Recital @ Columbia College, Columbia MO

  • 10/7/23 : Wedding @ Sunset Bluffs, Washington MO

  • 9/16/23 : Heritage Festival @ Nifong Park, Columbia MO

  • 8/12/23 : Vidwest Open House Concert @ Vidwest Studios, Columbia MO

  • 6/21/23 : Make Music Day @ Compass Music School, Columbia, MO

  • 6/17/23 : World Refugee Day @ The City Foundry, St. Louis MO

  • 5/7/23: WorldFest @ Maryland Heights Ampitheatre, Maryland Heights MO

  • 4/22/23: Chinese Culture Days @ Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis MO

  • 3/8/23: True/False Film Festival @ Downtown Columbia MO

  • 1/29/23: Lunar New Year, 12PM @ Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City MO

  • 1/8/23 : Tunes at Two, 2PM @ Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia MO

  • 10/14/22 : Guest Performance @ Avalon Park Independent Living, St. Charles MO

  • 8/28/22 : International Institute’s Festival of Nations, 11 AM Tower Grove Park, St Louis MO

  • 6/21/22 : Brooklyn Arabic Music Jam, 8 PM @ Sister’s- Brooklyn NYC

  • 5/21/22 : Rail Trail Cafe, 3-5 PM – Rosendale, NY

  • 4/26/22 : Brooklyn Arabic Music Jam, 8 PM @ Sister’s – Brooklyn NYC

  • 4/22/22 : World Music Workshop, 7PM US-China Music Institute @ Bard Hall – Bard College, Red Hook NY

  • 4/16/22 : Lutes From China to Middle East, Wendi Weng Dance School, Long Island NY (Online) Sign Up Here

  • 4/9/22 : Music Meditation, Matagiri Sri Aurubindo Center, Mt. Tremper NY 

  • 4/6/22 : Sacred Music Series, 6PM St. Pauls Chapel @ Columbia University NYC 

  • 2/27/22 : Open Strings: Music of Silk Road Lutes, Live on Amusely (Online)

  • 2/15/22 : Musical Geography, Live on Amusely (Online)

  • 2/7/22 : Chinese New Year Celebration, Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine (Online)

  • 12/21/21 : Persian New Year Cultural Programming, 12-1 PM, MAYO Clinic (Online)

  • 11/13/21 : Second Saturday Art Gallery Night 7-9 PM, Hudson NY

  • 10/17/21 : Dutchess County Land Conservatory 11-2 PM, Red Hook NY

  • 10/9/21 : Hudson Gallery Crawl 5 – 8 PM, Hudson NY

  • 9/25/21 : Queens Night Market 7-8 pm, Queens NYC

  • 8/28/21 : Greenkill Art Center – Kingston, New York | watch here! 

  • 8/21/21 : Upstate Films Pre-show Music, Art Omi – Ghent, New York

  • 8/21/21 : Rail Trail Cafe: 1-3 PM, Rosendale New York

  • 8/17/21 : Brooklyn Raga Massive, Weekly Artist Spotlight – Online

  • 8/14/21 : Understory Concert Series, Deer Creek Collective – Accord, New York

  • 8/6/21 : Rail Trail Cafe: 6-8 PM – Rosendale, New York

  • 7/24/21 : Budd’s Cafe – Red Hook, New York

  • 5/8/2021 : True/False Film Festival – Columbia, Missouri

  • 4/28/20 : Atlas Week @ Saint Louis University (Cancelled due to COVID)

  • 4/19/20 : Global Showcase @ Missouri Theatre (Cancelled due to COVID)

  • 4/7/20 : Guest Performance @ Marion Elementary School (cancelled due to COVID)

  • 3/18/20 : World Music Class Demonstration @ Sinquefield School of Music (cancelled due to COVID)

  • 2/6/20 : Guest Convocation @ MU School of Music

  • 1/26/20 : Chinese New Year @ Nelson Atkins Museum KC

  • 11/21/19 : Queen Nefertari Gallery Opening @ Nelson Atkins Museum KC

  • 11/6/19 : Silk Road Lute Workshop & Concert @ Swinney Music Conservatory – Fayette, MO

  • 10/24/19 : Guest Speaker @ University of Missouri School of Music

  • 10/19/19 : Bela Fleck and Zakir Hussain opening act @ Kauffman Center KC

  • 9/25/19 : Missouri Heritage Festival @ Columbia, MO

  • 9/21/19 : Guest Speaker, Columbia College @ Columbia, MO

  • 9/15/19 : Egyptian Festival @ Egyptian Coptic Church, St. Louis

  • 8/10/19 : True/False Music @ Boone Dawdle, Katy Trail State Park

  • 7/13-8/4 – Grand Carnivale @ Worlds of Fun

  • 7/14 – Kansas City Farmers Market

  • 7/18-7/24 : Fringe Festival @ Loretto Chapel, Kansas City “Winner: Best of Fest”

  • 4/1/19 : Silk Road Lute Workshop @ University of W Kentucky

  • 3/23/19 : Nowruz, Persian New Year @ University of Missouri

  • 3/9/19 : An Evening of Eastern Classical Music @ Unity Unitarian Church of Columbia MO

  • 3/2/19 : True/False Film Festival @ Ragtag Cinema

  • 1/28/19 : Chinese New Year @ Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City

  • 12/21/18 : Persian Solstice Party @ Iranian Students Group at MU

  • 11/13/18 : International Extravaganza @ Columbia College

  • 11/2/18 : Arcana @ Columbia Art League

  • 10/29/18 : Carpe Diem – Multicultural Party @ Southeast Missouri University

  • 10/29/18 : Middle Eastern Cultural Festival @ Welcome Neighbor St Louis

  • 10/25/18 : 11th Annual Chinese Dumpling Festival @ Columbia Friends of China

  • 10/20/18 : Central Missouri Renaissance Festival

  • 10/12/18 : Artica Arts Festival @ St Louis

  • 10/6/18 : Kansas City Renaissance Festival

  • 9/29/18 : Sounds of Persia @ University of Arkansas

  • 9/15/18 : Missouri Heritage Festival @ Columbia Historical Society

  • 9/9/18 : Tunes at Two @ Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia

  • 8/26/18 : Festival of Nations @ Tower Grove Park, St. Louis International Institute

  • 8/26/18 : Music in a Great Place @ Webster Groves Presbyterian Church

  • 8/15/18 : Around the World Festival @ Columbia Parks and Rec

  • 7/28/18 : Historic Oriental Music – Good Nature Performance Space 

  • 6/21/18 : Make Music Day – St. Louis @ Gethsemane Church

  •  6/9/18 : World Music Workshop @ St Louis Public Library

  •  6/5/18 : Sunken Cities Exhibit Night @ St Louis Art Museum

  •  6/2/18 : Art in the Park @ Columbia Art League

  • 5/30/18 : Experimental Acoustic Music @ Hitt Records

  •  5/1/18 : Sunken Cities Exhibit Night @ St Louis Art Museum

  •  4/24/18 : Voices of Palestinian Resistance @ University of MO

  •  4/22/18 : Earth Day Festival @ Peace Park 

  •  4/6/18 : Middle Eastern Gala @ St Louis University

  •  3/10/18 : International Showcase @ University of MO

  •  3/3/18 : On Sight Insights @ Orr Street Art Gallery

  • 2/15-17/18 : Folk Alliance International @ Kansas City Crown Plaza

  • 2/10/18 : Musical Traveling @ Good Nature Performance Space

  •  1/28/18 : Chinese New Year @ Nelson Atkins Art Museum

  •  12/15/17 : Egyptian Gallery Opening @ St Louis Art Museum

  •  12/2/17 : Artist Talk @ Resident Arts Studio

  •  11/4/18 : Silk Road Music @ Good Nature Performance Space

  •  10/20/17 : Meditation Music @ Unity Village Temple

  • 10/19/17 : Kansas City Renaissance Faire

  •  9/2/17 : Kansas City Renaissance Faire

  •  8/15/17 : International Student Welcome @ University of MO

  •  7/22/17 : House Concert @ Sick Porch House Concerts

  •  7/8/17 : First Friday @ Artlandish Art Studio

  •  6/17/17 : Music of the Orient @ Good Nature Performance Space

  •  6/17/17 : Monterrey Pop Festival Showing @ Ragtag Cinema

  •  6/3/17 : Eastern Art Music @ Unity Temple

  •  5/31/17 : Demonstration @ KOPN Community Radio

  • 5/3/17 : House Concert @ Private Residence

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instrument help and lessons!

$50 per hour (plus standard .65¢/mile travel fee)

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UPCOMING SHOWS

7

Wednesday,
August 2024.

Firestone Baars Chapel
25

August 2024.

Louis Festival of Nations, World Music Stage @ Tower Grove Park
5

September 2024.

MU School of Music @ Whitmore Recital Hall, 3-4 PM
21

September 2024.

Missouri Heritage Festival, Nifong Park @ Maplewood Stage

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"Very Talented!"

 -NYC Multi-Cultural Festival

"Wonderful Musician, Amazing Instruments"

-US China Music Institute

"A Great Performer"

Center for Humanities in Medicine

"Fantastic and Educational"

-Columbia University Manhattan

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