Stephen A. Walter

Business

  • Computer Music & Education Consultant since 1984
  • Owner/Director of SMC, Stephens Music & Computers
  • Owner of Nemesis Projects, the publishing division of SMC
  • Consultant to Government & Private Sector on Computer Music

Management Experience

  • Manager, R.H. Elvys Music School, Parramatta
  • Manager, Brashs Music School, Parramatta
  • Manager, Brashs Rockboards, Parramatta
  • Director of SMC Music School
  • Managing Director & Co-owner, SMC Springwood

Education

  • Studied Computer Science at Sydney University
  • Over 25 years of music studies including piano, pipe organ, theory, jazz, audio engineering & music history
  • Certificate II in Assessment
  • Certificate IV in Music Production (Audio Engineering)
  • Diploma of Music

Teaching, Composing etc.

  • Successful preparation of numerous students for AMEB, AGMS, Trinity, and SMC Pianoforte Examinations
  • Administrator and syllabus designer, SMC Pianoforte Examinations
  • Composer, several introductory level student pieces
  • Arranger, numerous General MIDI and GS backings

Consultancy

  • Recommended supplier, NSW Computer Education Unit
  • Co-star of the CEU video, "Computers & Music In Education"
  • Consultant to Roland, Atari, Kawai, and other digital music companies
  • Founding member, Falcon030 Advisory Board (Australia)
  • Guest lecturer at several universities, including: Alexander Mackey CAE; University of NSW; University Of Western Sydney; Conservatorium of Music Newcastle; Conservatorium of Music Wollongong etc
  • Atari Professional Products & Digital Audio Specialist
  • NSW Government service provider, HRD Training

Publishing

  • Producer, author, designer, composer: "Introduction to Music Factory", consisting of book and music disks, rights sold world-wide to Atari Corp.
  • Author: "Users Guide to Emagic Notator", "Atari Starters Kit", & "The Complete Falcon Guide"
  • Author and Designer, "Art For Kids" users manual, for Big Earth Publishing
  • Publisher of the magazines "Creative Computing" and "Computers, Arts, & Music"
  • Reviewer for Sonics, ST Feedback, Australian Commodore Review, The Bride, and Australian Music Teacher.

Software

  • Designer and Publisher of "SMC Sound Alert" and "EasyDisk HD", written by Tony Barker of Moving Pixels