Expertise
Stephen Detjen has been a Band Director/Music Educator since 1983. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Syracuse University and a Master of Music from Ithaca College. After teaching in New York state for thirteen years he relocated to southwest Florida in 1998.
Now entering his thirty-sixth year as an educator, he has experience in every level of music from developmental kindergarten, teaching the hearing impaired and deaf through high school band and now college methods. Stephen’s most recent position is at Manatee Middle School in Collier County, where he teaches band grades 6-8. Previous positions include Pine Ridge Middle School- band and chorus grades 6-8, Naples High School- All band activities plus advanced placement music theory, Immokalee High School- band, chorus, orchestra, guitar, and piano. His achievements include superior ratings at FBA marching and concert assessments, state concert appearances, indoor winter guard and percussion design, and participation in both state and national festivals.
Professionally, Stephen is a member of the Florida Bandmasters Association, National Association of Music Education, and the Florida Music Educators Association
Mr. Detjen is extremely excited to be part of the Bower School of Music & the Arts this fall as the Brass Methods Instructor.