Dr. Steph Frye-Clark (they/them) is a highly sought-after and internationally recognized performer and educator. They are currently tenured Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at East Tennessee State University where they have been on faculty since 2013. Steph is also the Coordinator of Graduate Music Studies and Coordinator of the Brass Area.

Steph is regarded as a leading commissioner and performer of queer-centered identity composers and is breaking ground for underrepresented commissions. Recently, they were awarded a Research Development Grant from ETSU, completing a qualitative research/recording project featuring the works of LGBTQ2S+ composers.

Steph has performed with the Milwaukee, Green Bay, Knoxville, Johnson City, La Crosse, Manitowoc, and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestras as well the Symphony of the Mountains.  A renowned chamber musician, they were a member of the acclaimed Mirari Brass Quintet for over ten years.  As a soloist, they have performed at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference and the International Women’s Brass Conference and as a featured soloist with the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble and Windiana.

In addition to their teaching at ETSU, Steph has served as low brass instructor at Lutheran Summer Music for 11 years and has been the tuba instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer Music Clinic for both middle and high school students.

They received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Tuba Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. They received the Master of Music degree from UW-Madison and Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Tuba Performance and Biology respectively from Lawrence University. Steph is a Miraphone Performing Artist.