Piano
Started age 5 with classical pianist/recording artist mother, Madeline (Perry) Zimmer, protégé of Maestro Philip Lorenz.
Studied with Dr. Andreas Werz (asked me directly into the piano Masters Program at CSUF).
Has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Canada, including television appearances.
Personally invited by acclaimed pianist Biljana Urban for Masterclass piano, Lectures, and Concerts at FraMozart Music Academy, Hvar Island (Croatia).
TMT Entertainment Awards nomination (United Kingdom).
Direct teaching lineage from Beethoven to Czerny to Liszt through to the present.
Acknowledged source of piano transcription in Urtext edition: Standchen, aus Franz Schubert’s “Schwanengesang”. Ubertragen von Franz Liszt. Erschienen 1840.
National Guild of Piano Teachers (Teacher’s Division of the American College of Musicians).
Music Teachers Association of California
United Association of American Musicians.
Piano judge for International Performing and Visual Arts Festivals.
Featured piano player in the traveling swing band “The Music Men”
Adjudicator for international piano performance showcases, notably for the United States Beacon Artists Association.
Jury team member for Arts Council San Jose “in recognition…of outstanding skills in research, performance and teaching.”
Students have performed as soloists with orchestras, international performing arts festival and competitions, as recitalists, pop music stages, recording artists, on television, in Europe and at Carnegie Hall, New York City.
Ludivine Booking Agent (2019-present).
Piano/performance styles: Classical, jazz, improvisation, standards, international, Broadway, rag-time, original compositions and more.
Piano/composition instructor:
Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco
Zimmer Music Studios
Napa Valley Music Company
Our Mother of Perpetual Help Academy, Los Gatos, CA–K-12
Visalia Music School
Grace Note Music Studio
Voice
National Association of Teachers of Singing in San Francisco (1st prize two years in a row for opera, oratorio and art songs)
East Bay Opera League: 1st prize: arias from Samson (Handel) and Il Tabarro (Puccini)
Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco Vocal Scholarship
Metz Award
Holt Memorial Scholarship
Fresno Musical Society (1st prize opera: arias La fanciulla del West (Puccini), Il Tabarro and lieder: Schumann’s “Dichterliebe”)
West Bay Opera League: 1st prize: arias from Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart), Werther (Massenet), and La fanciulla del West.
Tenor soloist with Masterworks Chorale (San Mateo) under the direction of Maestro Galen Marshall: Otello (Verdi), La Boheme (Puccini), Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Coronation Mass (Mozart), Messiah (Handel).
Tenor lead with Notre Dame Opera, Berkeley Opera, Livermoore Valley Opera, Davide Opera: Wings of a Dove (Moore), Il Tabarro (Puccini), Carmen (Bizet), Tosca (Puccini), La Forza del Destino (Verdi).
Tenor soloist with Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco: scenes from Don Giovanni (Mozart), La Traviata (Verdi), Tannhauser (Wagner), Lohengrin (Wagner), Il Trovatore (Verdi), Siegfried (Wagner), Die Walkure (Wagner), Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), La Boheme (Puccini), Madame Butterfly (Puccini).
Lead tenor roles with Opera Institute of California: scenes from “Phantom of the Opera” (Webber), “West Side Story” (Bernstein), “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata”, “Rigoletto” (Verdi).
Musical/Dramatic Theatre leads: The Student Prince (best actor award as The Prince), Diary of Anne Franck (best supporting actor as Peter) with The Barn Theatre under the direction of Beverly Rose (Hollywood agent).
Mary Grady Agency (MGA) (North Hollywood): Experience working with talent, movie and television scripts, and casting directors.
Has performed throughout the United States, Hawaii, Europe and Canada, including television appearances.
Studied under the masterful direction of Alma Michelini (protégé of Marcella Sembrich, first voice teacher at Julliard and Curtis Institute) with a full paid scholarship; and Maria Greco of San Francisco.
Granted full paid scholarship by Jack Metz, celebrated opera coach and vocal advisor to the LA Music Center Opera and the Australian Opera in Sydney.
Personally invited by Blanche Thebom, famous mezzo-soprano of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, opera houses throughout Europe, and movies (“The Great Caruso”, etc.) to work on operatic arias.
National Association of Teachers of Singing (Full Member – USA)
Featured soloist with “The Fabulous Studio Band” under the direction of Frank “Buck” Shaeffer.
Prepared singers for “The Voice”, “America’s Got Talent”, and “American Idol” auditions in San Francisco.
Judge for San Jose International Vocal Festivals.
Jury team member for Arts Council San Jose “in recognition…of outstanding skills in research, performance and teaching.”
Oft quoted vocal instructor in research papers and interviews, including “Bel Canto: Consummate Elegance and Purity” by Marie Kelly.
Adjudicator for international vocal competitions, notably for the United States Beacon Artists Association.
Full paid scholarship for travel and study of Music History, Gregorian Chant, and Sacred Music with Dr. Brill of Minnesota (USA) granted by the SSPX from Los Gatos, CA.
Vocalist with the traveling swing band “The Music Men”.
Students have performed as soloists with orchestras, in musical theatre, concert choirs, opera and operetta, pop music stages, international performing arts festival and competitions, state and county pageants, Big Bands, as recitalists, recording artists, on television and in movies, in Europe and Asia, and at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Vocal instructor:
Music and Arts Institute of San Francisco
Zimmer Music Studios
Napa Valley Music Company
Opera Institute of California
Our Mother of Perpetual Help Academy, Los Gatos, CA–K-12
Visalia Music School
Grace Note Music Studio
Note: Stephen C. Zimmer is not a “cookie cutter” voice teacher where one technique fits all. Having studied various vocal techniques of the 19th/20th/21st centuries, with keen observation he utilizes what is best for each student to allow their voice to shine and become their own unique, great individual voice.
Other:
Dance and instrumental judge for international competitions and performance showcases (USBAA/Arts Council San Jose: Alliant with United Association of American Dancers).
2017 Entertainment Awards nomination–TMT magazine (United Kingdom).
Prepared instrumentalists for “America’s Got Talent” and “American Idol” auditions in San Francisco.
Master of Ceremonies and guest performer (vocalist/instrumentalist) for county pageants.
Guest performer ( featured vocalist) for Miss Drill Team USA competition with “The Fabulous Studio Band” under the direction of Frank “Buck” Shaeffer.
Cordovox player and accordionist with “The Music Men” and “The Bob Fowler Band”.
European style accordionist featured on television show “The Polka Hour” (Scripps-Howard Production) stationed in Ohio (USA).
Organist in cathedrals, churches, and chapels throughout United States.
Jazz saxophone player with “The Fabulous Studio Band”.
Piano accompanist, studio recording artist, and composer for La Jolla Renaissance Singers.
World Music study with noted ethnomusicologist Dr. Donald Henriques.
Linguistics study with the illustrious Dr. Howser of San Francisco.
Recording Artist:
Studio West in San Diego
Signature Sound in San Diego
Highland Studios in Los Gatos
Visalia Music Studio