Steven Stark is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, and teacher based in Oklahoma City. 

As a session musician and arranger he has recorded with dozens of artists including Green River Ordinance, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Steve Burns, David Hodges, Ben Rector,  Graham Colton, Emily Hearn, and Layup. Steven recently worked on music for the motion picture “The Rivals Of Amziah King”, starring Matthew McConaughey, Kurt Russell, and Angelina Lookingglass. In 2025, he was the music director for the OK/TX based short film “Harmony”. Steven has also recently created string parts for the live shows of Graham Colton and Samantha Crain, and produced Colton’s recent release “Arms (Acoustic Version)”, streaming everywhere now.

Steven has also played cello and guitar at hundreds of weddings and events (more info here).

As a composer he has received commissions and performances from professional and educational organizations around the world. His most recent commissions include “I Got Haydn!”, premiered at the 2022 Oklahoma Haydn Festival (where the audience demanded an encore performance!), “Electric Evening”, premiered by the combined Putnam City High School Orchestras in London, and “Riding Through No Man’s Land” premiered by the Cheyenne Middle School Orchestra at the 2025 OKMEA conference. He also scored the nature documentary "Where Did The Horny Toad Go?" which was featured at the deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City and the Arizona International Film Festival.

Steven has released several records and in 2023 he put out his most ambitious record yet, a one-act concept album (From Red Dirt To Red Planet) which features collaborations with many notable Oklahoma artists including Beau Jennings, Shawn Jones (Lovely Sparrows), Johnny Manchild, Victoria Liedtke, Nathan Siler (Portraiture), and Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips). He also releases synths guitar rock/pop under the band name Noonish Moon, and video game-y, orchestral synth music under the project name Fuchsia Chicken!

Steven is the cello sectional coach for Edmond North High School and the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra Summer Camp. He has also recently taught courses in composition, guitar, string playing, and songwriting in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Uganda through American Voices. He is the co-host and head mentor of the International Composers Forum, a program offering learning and performance opportunities to composers in Africa and the Middle East.

Steven is a frequent orchestra clinician and guest conductor around the world, often leading ensembles in rehearsals and performances of his works. In 2023 he conducted the YES Academy Youth Orchestra in Lebanon, and the All-City 8th Grade Orchestra in Edmond, OK.

Steven has a degree in music composition from Oklahoma City University.