Stephen Flaherty began studying piano at the age of seven.
15 Facts About Stephen Flaherty
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Stephen Flaherty attended South Hills Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and later studied musical composition and piano at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1982.
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Stephen Flaherty did additional graduate studies in Musical Theater at New York University.
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Stephen Flaherty moved to New York City in 1982 and joined the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, founded by music director Lehman Engel, where he met Lynn Ahrens, who was to become his longtime collaborator.
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Stephen Flaherty studied Musical Theater in the graduate program at New York University during this time, where his teachers included Richard Maltby, Jr.
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The first Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty collaboration that was produced was a one-act children's show, The Emperor's New Clothes, for TheatreWorks USA in 1985.
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Stephen Flaherty was nominated for Outstanding Music by the Drama Desk Awards on all three of these shows.
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The original Broadway cast album was nominated for a Grammy, and Stephen Flaherty received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Music.
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Stephen Flaherty composed the film score and wrote the songs for its animated sequel, Bartok the Magnificent.
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Stephen Flaherty wrote the original film score for the documentary After the Storm, which follows a group of teenagers as they perform Ahrens and Flaherty's Once On This Island in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina.
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Stephen Flaherty composed the song score and co-wrote the film score for Lucky Stiff, which was based on his and Ms.
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Stephen Flaherty collaborated with the director-choreographer Christopher Gattelli on a new "dance-theatre musical", In Your Arms, which premiered at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, September 24,2015.
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Stephen Flaherty wrote the music for the "American River Suite", with lyrics by Bill Schermerhorn and commissioned by Macy's.
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Stephen Flaherty has received several commissions from Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim Museum and the Boston Pops Orchestra, among others.
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Stephen Flaherty married Trevor Hardwick on October 26,2016 in New York City.