Stephen Collins

Trumpet

A native of Carthage, TN, Stephen Collins began his music studies in the Smith County School System. He holds music degrees from Tennessee Technological University and the University of Kansas. In addition to the Oak Ridge Symphony, he has performed with the Knoxville Symphony, the Knoxville Choral Society, the Black Oak Brass Quintet, the St. Joseph Symphony, the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra, the TTU Faculty Brass Quintet, and the Kansas Brass Quintet. He served for several years as choir director at Heritage Baptist Church in Lawrence, KS and for three years on the music faculty of Crown College and the Crown Music Conservatory in Powell, TN. He volunteers in the music ministry of Oak Ridge Baptist Church, where he is a member. Stephen currently resides with his wife and four children in Knoxville where he works in the insurance industry.