Stephen Marotto

Stephen Marotto

Stephen Marotto is a native of Norwalk, Connecticut. He has received a Bachelors degree with honors from the University of Connecticut, and Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Boston University. Stephen’s formative teachers include Michael Reynolds, Kangho Lee, Marc Johnson, and Rhonda Rider. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Stephen plays regularly with chamber groups throughout New England and also performs on various new music concert series in the Boston area and beyond. Stephen has attended music festivals at the Banff Centre, Cortona Sessions for New Music and SoundSCAPE festivals in Italy, and the Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany. Stephen has a wide range of musical interest that include contemporary chamber music, improvisatory music, electroacoustic music, as well as bluegrass and folk. As a soloist, Stephen has commissioned several new works for the cello, and is concerned with expanding and augmenting the tonal pallet of his instrument both with and without technology. In his spare time, Stephen is an avid hiker and outdoorsman.