Stephanie Liu is a violinist/violist, educator, and arts administrator based in Brooklyn, NY. Stephanie has been featured as a soloist with the Stony Brook Baroque Chamber Players, Menomonee Falls Symphony, Princeton University Orchestra, and Princeton Chamber Orchestra, among others. She has performed in recent seasons with the Norwalk Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Berkshire Opera Festival, Frisson Ensemble, New York Classical Players, Three Village Chamber Players, BalletNext, and other ensembles. She has participated as an ensemble and collaborative musician in festivals and residencies internationally, including Spoleto Festival USA, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, and Bang on a Can Festival at MassMoCA.

With a special interest for collaboration beyond the traditional classical canon, Stephanie brings tireless energy to working with composers and has performed over 20 world premieres. In summer 2023, Stephanie created an original sonic memoir piece - And Then We Come Home - combining interviews with Charleston resident Kim Clark, soundscape recordings, and improvisation, which premiered at the Spoleto Festival USA. She is a member of the Deep Roots Ensemble, a folk music ensemble with whom she has appeared at bluegrass festivals and workshops and recorded two albums. 

Stephanie is on the faculty of Molloy University (Rockville Centre, NY), where she teaches violin and viola, coaches the String Ensemble, and serves as faculty coordinator for departmental communications. Additionally, she teaches students of all ages at the University of Mount Saint Vincent (Bronx, NY) and Concordia Conservatory (Bronxville, NY), and has served as a chamber music coach for Stony Brook University’s undergraduate students and as a mentor for Lincoln Center Education’s Mentor-Linc program for high schoolers interested in arts careers. She was a recipient of a Davis Projects for Peace grant award for work in arts education. Stephanie also makes an impact as an arts administrator, currently serving as Director of Development & Marketing for the award-winning contemporary music group Talea Ensemble and previously working in development at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. 

Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Stephanie holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Princeton University, with secondary studies in Sustainable Energy and Music Performance, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance from Stony Brook University. During her studies, Stephanie performed in masterclasses for Marilyn McDonald, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Eric Wyrick, and Mark O’Connor, and has coached extensively with Arthur Haas, Colin Carr, Eduardo Leandro, the Emerson String Quartet, and the Brentano String Quartet. Her primary teachers have included Arnaud Sussmann, Philip Setzer, Jennifer Frautschi, and Anna Lim.