Among the world's highest-regarded Baroque flutists, Stephen Schultz has appeared with many leading historical instrument ensembles and founded his own, American Baroque, in 1986. A longtime educator at Carnegie Mellon University, Schultz is an advocate for teaching young musicians the importance of protecting their hearing. A prolific recording artist as a soloist and ensemble member, Schultz appeared as a member of the Cantata Collective on a recording of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 2023.
Schultz's father regularly listened to classical music when he was a child, and his ...