katy
stephan
singer
songwriter
pianist
ABOUT
katy
"beautifully crafted sonic valentines
made from scraps of Chopin nocturnes,
vintage glass glitter,
oaths, prayers, curses,
and a bloody beating heart."
Katy Stephan is a pianist, vocalist, and composer, known for crossing uncharted territory between classical, jazz, and pop styles.
Her voice has been featured in major motion picture soundtracks (XMen: Dark Phoenix, Catwoman, The Time Machine), TV movies and theme songs, and even in childrens toys.
Stephan has been a soloist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony for their concert versions of Candide, Follies and Leonard Bernstein's Mass, and appeared with the Pacific Mozart Ensemble as a soloist and chorus member on the Grammy- nominated recording of Mass with Kent Nagano and the Deutsche Symphonie.
She has composed and performed live original music for theatre (Porchlight Theatre, Word For Word, Upon These Boards, Azeotrope Theatre), dance (Project Agora, Copious Dance, Theatre, Counterpointe, and Requisite Dance), as well as burlesque and circus.
A collection of original songs that Katy recorded at home for National Solo Album Month was named one of the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Best Local Releases” of that year; and for three straight years she wrote, recorded and posted a new original song every week on her website.
She has performed in Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Cyprus, the U.K. and the U.S. with various groups and projects.​
Katy has been the resident singing pianist at the Comstock Saloon in San Francisco's North Beach since 2011.
Her original music is available on all streaming platforms, and at Bandcamp.
improvised vocal, score by Klaus Badelt
multiple tracks of stacked harmonies
written by Klaus Badelt