Steve Kessler is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, recording artist, trombonist, piano player, performer, clinician, and educator. He is a retired Middle School Band Director from the Cornwall Central Schools in upstate New York.
 
Steve holds a bachelor's in music education from The Crane School of Music; a master's in performance from SUNY Binghamton as well as a School District Administrators Master's from SUNY New Paltz.
 
He presently lives in Central Florida where he is sought after as a music director for community theaters as well as corporate gigs on both trombone and piano.

He is also the composer-arranger for the Big Band Sound Orchestra, as well as the composer-arranger for national singing sensation Doug Ferony. Steve and his wife Mindy also fill up their morning and afternoons singing in countless memory care and assisted living facilities.

Steve has played with the following: Tony Bennett, Chaka Khan, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Barry Manilow, Englebert Humperdink, Mel Torme, Blackstone the Magician, Bobby Vinton, Dom DeLuise, Buddy Greco, Connie Francis, The Dells, Gloria Loring, Vic Damone, Bob Crosby, Al Martino, Frankie Vallie, Lou Rawls, Jerry Vale, The Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, The Sammy Kaye Orchestra, The Lettermen, The Stylistics, Sammy Davis, Jr. and many more.