Stephanie Trick

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Stephanie Trick
Born1987 (age 3738)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Instrument(s) Piano, pipe organ [1]

Stephanie Trick (born 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States) is an American stride, ragtime and jazz pianist.

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Biography

Trick is the daughter of late I/T professional Allen Trick (1952-2012) and Filipina-American nurse Alina (Marcilla) Trick of St. Louis. [2] Stephanie began playing piano at the age of five. [3] Her interest outside classical music began at the age of ten, when her piano teacher introduced her to ragtime. [4] She received her BA degree in music with honors from the University of Chicago in 2009. [3] Trick demonstrates piano performance and composition styles of stride, ragtime and jazz piano from the 1900s to the 1940s. [5] She emphasizes jazz standards, stride and boogie-woogie tunes with an accent on her specialty of Harlem stride. [6] [7] Trick and her husband, pianist Paolo Alderighi, reside in both St. Louis and Milan, Italy, his home town.

Discography

References

  1. Bach Prelude and Fugue (A Min.) on Rockefeller Chapel Organ on Stephanie Trick's YouTube Channel
  2. https://www.sacramentoragtime.com/more/mem_trick.php
  3. 1 2 "Stephanie Trick". www.stephanietrick.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. "Stephanie Trick Biography From West Coast Ragtime Festival". Westcoastragtime.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. Peters, Bill (April 16, 2010). "Great Strides at the Piano: Stephanie Trick re-ignites interest in Ragtime, Stride and Jazz Piano". Peter's Music News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
  6. Wolff, Don (May 11, 2010). "Interview and Classic Jazz with Stephanie Trick". DonWolff.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010.
  7. "la jeune "polyvalente" du Harlem stride" (the Harlem stride young versatile), in 88 notes pour piano solo, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2015, p. 267. ISBN   978 2 3505 5192 0