Dr. James Stevens

James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer and arranger residing in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Dean of the School of Music at Welch College in Gallatin, Tennessee. Dr. Stevens currently has more than 7,500 music publications with Sheet Music Plus as well as additional publications with many worldwide mainstream publishers. He is a voting member of The Recording Academy for the Grammy Awards. Currently on Sheet Music Plus Stevens has more piano solo compositions published than any composer in the world including Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Stevens’s works for organ are now performed around the world.

Education

• D.M.A. in Composition, University of Kentucky (2004)
• Master of Church Music in Piano and Composition, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1995)
• Bachelor of General Studies in Music and Humanities, Samford University (1985)

Areas of Interest

• Composition
• Aural Theory
• Piano and Organ

Select Publications

• “Without Love… We Have Nothing” by James M. Stevens and Joseph M. Martin (Shawnee Sacred Octavo, Shawnee Press)
• “Swan Serenade No. 1 in G Minor for Organ”
• “Toccata Brillante – Organ Solo”

Select Courses

• Aural Theory I and II
• College Choir
• Music History and Literature