Stephanie Thomas grew up in the Seattle area and while there studied with Anna Cloud and Christopher Leuba.  She moved to Los Angeles and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Horn Performance from the University of Southern California.  While there she had the privilege of studying with Jim Decker and Vincent DeRosa.  She has been a free-lance musician in Los Angeles ever since.

Stephanie regularly performs with the Pacific Symphony, LA Philharmonic, LA Opera Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony and the Long Beach Municipal Band.  She has performed in numerous Broadway shows at the Schubert, Ahmanson and Pantages Theatres such as: Wicked, Lion King, The Producers, Phantom of the Opera etc…  She also has extensive studio recording experience in TV, radio, audio recordings and motion picture soundtracks.  Some most recently: Avatar 2, Oppenheimer, Terminator: Dark Fate, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Lion King, Frozen 2, Mulan, Deadpool 2, Alita and Greatest Showman.

Stephanie has been teaching at Azusa Pacific University since 2004 where she has taught Applied Horn, Horn Master Class, Horn Literature and Horn Pedagogy.  She is also the applied horn instructor at Citrus College, Whittier College, Saddleback College and Irvine Valley College.