A member of the cello faculty at the Eastman School of Music since 1981, Steven Doane has earned an international reputation both as performer and teacher.   Formerlyprincipal cellist of the Milwaukee Symphony and Rochester Philharmonic, and a member of the
Naumburg Award-winning New Arts Trio during the 1980s, Mr. Doane has since built a performance career as concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. 

He travels frequently to the United Kingdom for recitals, clinics, and master classes, and has performed concertos in recent seasons in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland.  Recital appearances with pianist Barry Snyder have included concerts at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Boston's Sanders Theater, two recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, and numerous other engagements in the United States and United Kingdom. 

The second in a series of recordings for the Bridge label with Mr. Snyder (works by Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge) won a 1996 NAIRD award from the US music press, and the Bridge Sonata was declared "the best performance on record" by BBC Music Magazine.  An earlier disc on the Bridge label of the complete works for cello and piano by Fauré received a "Petit Diapason d'Or" from the French press. 

Mr. Doane holds the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Eastman School and the Piatigorsky Commendation for teaching excellence from the New England Conservatory.  Appearances as guest teacher and performer have twice taken Mr. Doane to the Manchester International Cello Festival, and as guest artist and teacher to most of the major music colleges in England.  He is also a regular professor and participant at the International Musician's Seminar in Cornwall, England. 

Between 1995 and 1999, Mr. Doane was an Associate in Cello at the Royal College of Music in London, and, following a series of master classes at the Royal Academy in London, has been named visiting professor by that institution.  In addition to his recordings on the Bridge label, Mr. Doane has recorded for Pantheon, Daedmon, Gasparo, and Sony.