Elizabeth Stevens began her music studies on the oboe as a student in the flourishing arts environment of central Florida. After witnessing the joy with which her early mentors Lora McPherson and Sally Bloom performed and taught music, she committed herself to a career in music and to teaching others about this art.

Dr. Stevens joined the faculty of the University of Delaware after completing her Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Performance at Michigan State University. In addition to her degree in performance, she holds academic emphases in the fields of musicology and instrument repair, the latter of which was under the instruction of Jan Eberle, a student of Hans Moennig.  Dr. Stevens is also a licensed and certified Musik-Garten instructor and the Founder of Newark Music Makers.

Dr. Stevens holds a Master of Music degree in Oboe Performance from Northwestern University, where she was a recipient of the Ovation Award, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of South Florida, where she graduated with honors.

Prior to her time in Delaware, Dr. Stevens held teaching positions at the University of Michigan–Flint, University of Windsor in Ontario and the Flint School of Performing Arts. She has served as an instructor and performer at the L’ecole de musique de Limonest summer festival in Limonest, France, and has performed as a member of the faculty orchestra at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, N.C. Enjoying an extensive orchestral career, Dr. Stevens has performed with symphonies in Delaware, Illinois, Michigan and Florida.

Dr. Stevens resides in Newark with her husband, Daniel Stevens and her four children, Olivia (6 yrs old), Logan (4yrs old), Angeline (1 year old) and John Paul (newborn) . Her favorite passtime is to make music together as a family!