Stephanie Liu is a violinist/violist, educator, and arts administrator based in Brooklyn, New York. 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. As a chamber and ensemble musician, she has enjoyed recent concerts with Frisson, COmpass REsonance, New York Classical Players, Norwalk Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Berkshire Opera Festival. She has also participated in festivals and residencies internationally, including Spoleto Festival USA, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, and the 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, she created an original sonic memoir piece,  And Then We Come Home, combining interviews with Charleston resident Kim Clark, soundscape recordings, and improvisation. The work premiered at Spoleto Festival USA. 

Alongside classical music, Stephanie enjoys playing bluegrass—from local jams to mainstage folk festivals—drawn to the music’s capacity to illuminate stories and landscapes. Her doctoral research included the study of Appalachian coal-mining music amid decades of environmental and industrial change. 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, leads the String Ensemble, and serves as faculty coordinator for departmental communications. She teaches students of all ages at the University of Mount Saint Vincent (Bronx, NY) and Concordia Conservatory (Bronxville, NY). Additionally, Stephanie served as a chamber music coach for Stony Brook University undergraduates and as a mentor for Lincoln Center's Mentor-Linc program for students 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, where she was instrumental in launching both an early-career composer commissioning program and a recording workshop.  

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 coached extensively with Arthur Haas, Colin Carr, Eduardo Leandro, the Emerson String Quartet, and the Brentano String Quartet. Her primary teachers include Arnaud Sussmann, Philip Setzer, Jennifer Frautschi, and Anna Lim.