Stephanie Trick is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 stride

Stride piano

Harlem Stride Piano, Stride Piano, or just Stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the East Coast, mainly in the New York, during 1920s and 1930s. The left hand may play a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and...

, ragtime

Ragtime

Ragtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...

 and jazz pianist born in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. Stephanie was born in late 1987.

Biography

Stephanie began playing piano at the age of five. Her interest outside of classical music began at the age of 10, when her piano teacher introduced her to ragtime. She received her BA in Music with honors from University of Chicago in 2009.

She demonstrates piano performance and composition styles of stride, ragtime and jazz piano from the 1900s to the 1940s. She emphasizes jazz standards, stride and boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...

tunes with an accent on her specialty of Harlem stride.

Discography

• Piano Tricks (2005)
• Ragtime Tricks (2006)
• Hear That Rhythm! (2008)
• Stephanie Trick LIVE (2010)

External links

• stephanietrick.com
• Stephanie Trick: What Is Stride Piano? www.youtube.com/watch?v=56yn_F2rUCQ