Steven Cornwell is a Kansas native and graduate of Fort Hays State University. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s in music theory and composition. While there, he served for five years as the choir director of First Baptist Church in Hays, KS and performed in the Fort Hays concert choir, Fort Hays singers, symphonic winds, wind ensemble, marching band, as well as the Fort Hays operas and musicals.

He has studied voice, piano, clarinet, bassoon, and recorder, and is teaching himself to play the church organ. His musical interests include classical voice, barbershop choir, musical theater, and a smattering of popular styles.