Steven Spieker
Been with the
MSO since:
Fall 2008
Hometown: Mankato, Minnesota
Education: BA Biology & Music (Augustana
College), MM Horn Performance (UNM)
My day job: Stay at home dad
Earliest musical memory: I can remember pounding on the keys of my grandmother’s piano
Favorite thing about performing music: I really like to hear how my part fits in with others
Other instruments I play: trumpet and
very brief forays into piano, guitar and flute: no more than two semesters
each of the last three
Best part about being an MSO musician: I
can get paid for something I mainly do for fun with a great group
What's on my iPod or in my CD player: I
have a 6-disc CD player and it currently holds Primus, Empire Brass, Simon
and Garfunkel, Toy Box, Telemann (flute solos) and Charles-Marie Widor
(organ music)
Other interesting fact(s): I like to run and play chess (not at the same time)