Lee Steward, Tenor, is a visiting assistant professor of voice in the School of Music at Ithaca College. Through a passion for learning, he has developed a positive teaching style that incorporates the mind, body and spirit. Lee's students have enjoyed successes including winners at local and regional NATS competitions as well as acceptance into young artist programs in the states and Austria. He is comfortable teaching a wide range of students with vocal interests in opera, lieder, musical theatre and jazz styles and techniques.   

Lee's performing career has also been one of varied interests singing opera, music theatre, recitals and concerts.  He sang with Stephen Sondheim, Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien and Debra Monk in a dedication to Stephen Sondheim, presented on the A&E television network.  His operatic credits include leading and supporting roles in professional regional opera companies including the Berkshire Opera, Opera Carolina and Bronx Opera.  He also sang roles, covers and scene programs with prestigious young artist programs at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Sarasota Opera, Utah Festival Opera and the Caramoor International Music Festival. 

While living in New York City for the past six years, Lee performed concerts and recitals, including a Brahms lieder concert in which he collaborated with Kathleen Kelly, musical director of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. He was also tenor soloist in concerts of Mozart’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah under the direction of conductor, Stephen Michael Smith. Most recently, he performed New York composer Gerald Busby's world-premiere of Between the Straits; And So Now, I and Emotion, with a text by Craig Lucas, author of The Light in the Piazza.  Last year he sang Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin and this year tackles Schumann's cycle Dichterliebe collaborating with the versatile pianist, Charis Dimaris.