Stephen Wyrczynski

Stephen Wyrczynski will be joining the faculty at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in 2027.  He is currently a Professor of Music, at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He was a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 18 years, joining them in 1992.

Professor Wyrczynski regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician. He prioritizes faculty-student collaborations. One such partnership, which he co-founded with the late violinist Jorja Fleezanis, was an exploration of music from the Second Viennese School, in which faculty and students together performed music by Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg.

Professor Wyrczynski considers his teaching a direct result of his own relationship to performing, practicing, and listening. Teaching a student about the great privilege it is to serve the composers of our repertoire is one of the best ways for the students to gain ownership of their musical training.

Most recently he has completed a transcription of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with pianist Aram Arakelyan. Professors Wyrczynski and Arakelyan gave the world premiere in the fall of 2024 and recorded it for Azica Records in the summer of 2025 with producer Alan Bise. A printed edition is published by Songburd Music.