As an accomplished vocal artist in early and contemporary classical music, Steven has appeared with many musical organizations including the National Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Bach Consort, the Washington Chorus, the National Philharmonic, the Master Chorale of Washington and the Metropolitan Opera. He has performed at Lincoln Center, Washington National Cathedral, the National Gallery of Art and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Of his many Bach performances Steven has performed the arias and roles in Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions with the Washington Bach Consort, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, Fairfax Choral Society, The Cantate Chamber Singers, Oratorio Society of Virginia, the Rockbridge Choral Society and the Virginia Consort. At the National Cathedral he performed the role of “Adam” in a National Public Radio broadcast of Haydn’s “Creation” under the baton of Leonard Slatkin and was a featured soloist in the North American premiere of Ståle Kleiberg’s “Requiem”.
At the Kennedy Center Concert Hall Steven made his National Symphony debut in Magic Circle Mime Company's Production of "The Mozart Experience". With the Master Chorale of Washington, he was featured in the debut performance and recording of Donald McCullough’s highly acclaimed “Holocaust Cantata: The Voice of Poland”. Steven also accompanied the Chorale on a tour of Poland and Germany in performances of that same work. Other appearances at the Kennedy Center have included Mozart’s “Requiem” with the Washington Chorus and acclaimed performances of Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with both the Washington Ballet and the Master Chorale of Washington in their final performance. Other concert performances have included Beethoven’s 9 th Symphony and Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” lieder at American University and Vaughan Williams’ “Mystical Songs” at the University of Maryland 2008 Summer Festival. Steven is also a member of the National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble.
On the opera stage, Steven made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1991 under the baton of James Levine in the world premiere of John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles”. In 1993 Steven sang the title role in Colin Graham's first staging of Britten's "Billy Budd" at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. He has performed other principal roles with the Metropolitan Opera, The Minnesota Opera, the Florentine Opera and the Boston Lyric Opera. In 2009 he performed with the Children’s Chorus of Washington in “The Nightingale” by Imant Raminsh.
Steven is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the recipient of a Sullivan Award and a Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation study grant. Steven is a 2008 winner of the Washington Vocal Arts Society’s Discovery Series Competition.