at the MacDowell Colony, and was a Centrum Arts composer fellow (2004). Stevens was artist in residence for at EMU Conservatory in La Plata, Argentina between 2005 and 2010, and has taught at the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark, Sibelius Academy in Finland, University of Michigan, Indiana University, and many other educational institutions in Europe, Latin America and North America. He currently is on the music faculty of East Tennessee State University where he teaches jazz piano, theory, improvisation, jazz history and composition. References External links Artist website https://michaeljefrystevens.bandcamp.com/ Living people 1951 births