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Stephen Howland is a guitarist & composer living in Seattle, Washington. Active in jazz, classical, & the mosaic of modern songwriting and composition

Stephen Howland is a native of Walla Walla, in rural SE Washington. He has a diverse professional background, playing solo classical, flamenco, and acoustic styles and performing in jazz combos and big bands, rock bands, and a wide variety of classical and early music ensembles. He has been a featured guitarist-composer in new music festivals and a concert artist and clinician at universities, colleges, and guitar societies throughout the West. He has been featured on recordings as a jazz soloist with big band, classical and early music chamber musician, solo guitarist in various styles, and writer and studio guitarist for independent artists and bands, including the Seattle based band Motopony. Howland earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from Arizona State University, Master of Music from ASU, and Bachelor of Music from the University of Idaho. He received the highest marks and many academic honors and awards, including a teaching assistantship at ASU, the Presser Award, and the Eleanor Mader Memorial String Award. Howland teaches both jazz and classical guitar at Pacific Lutheran University and the Rosewood Guitar in Seattle. He currently focuses on performing original music with some of the best creative talent in the Seattle area, including Nate Omdal, Marco De Carvalho, Gordy Ryan, Adam Kessler, Jason Parker, Courtney Fortune, among others.

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This page was last updated on 2015-02-17.

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