Steve was trained as a classical pianist and has been a producer and interviewer on public broadcasting, and a columnist for City Paper, Philadelphia Forum, and Broad Street Review. Two of his productions won the Major Armstrong Award for excellence in FM broadcasting: a 30-week biography of Leopold Stokowski and a series with Aaron Copland about modern music. He also is correspondent for theoperacritic.com and is equally involved with theater, art, architecture, and other performing arts.