Stephanie Trick | |
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Born | 1987 (age 37–38) 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.
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.