Performance:
Christen Stephens plays the flute, piano, and cello and the flute is her specialty. Inspired by her passion for playing chamber music, she has created and personally plays in ten different duos, trios, and quartets that regularly perform for weddings and social occasions across Colorado and beyond. She also makes custom music arrangements for her groups. Christen personally coordinates most of her own bookings but can also be booked through other local booking agencies and groups. In addition to playing music for weddings and events, Christen is a also cellist with the Boulder Symphony Orchestra and regularly plays her three instruments on an as-needed basis in a variety of capacities. Christen also does studio recording work and can be heard on several albums.

Teaching:
Christen is also a private flute and piano instructor with extensive teaching experience. She offers private music lessons for beginning to advanced students of all ages at her home studio which is located in Arvada, Colorado. She also has experience teaching group music classes and was the instructor of Vivace Strings, the Union Symphony Youth Chamber Players’ advanced string ensemble. She has also worked for local schools teaching classes in keyboarding, recorder, and flute.

Education:
Christen Stephens began her study of music over twenty-five years ago taking private flute lessons. She was classically trained on the flute and piano and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education with an emphasis in flute at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Most of her flute study was under Mark Thomas, an international soloist and the founder of the National Flute Association. Christen is known for her musical versatility on the flute. Using her classical training as a foundation, she has since developed an extensive repertoire of jazz, Irish, sacred, and popular music and also enjoys improvising. As an adult, Christen began pursuing her lifetime love of the cello and is continuing to take private cello lessons. She is an active member of the National Flute Association, the Colorado Flute Association, and ACMP.