Stephen Feldman joined the faculty at the University of Central Arkansas in 2001 after holding teaching positions at the University of Virginia, Penn State University, and DePauw University. A graduate of Swarthmore College, the Eastman School of Music, and the State University of New York as Stony Brook, Dr. Feldman’s cello teachers include Lorne Munroe, Steven Doane, and Timothy Eddy. In addition, he has worked extensively with chamber music coach Julius Levine, Baroque specialists Arthur Haas and Paul O’dette, and members of the American, Orion, and Guarneri String Quartets. Stephen also participated in music festivals at Interlochen, Meadowmount, Aspen, and appeared on NBC's Today Show as a student at the Taos School for Chamber Music.

Adept as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist, Dr. Feldman’s cello playing has taken him from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Sacramento, California. Formerly a member of the Fetter, Rivanna, and Quapaw String Quartets, Stephen currently serves as an Arts Partner with the Arkansas Symphony, giving concerts throughout the state as a member of that ensemble’s Sturgis String Quartet. He frequently appears in recital and playing chamber music at UCA, and his performance in 2003 of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Conway Symphony Orchestra was hailed as "stunning" and "dazzling".

Dr. Feldman brings a wide variety of cellistic traditions and a sophisticated sense of musical style to his teaching. While always attempting to serve the drama, structure, and spirit of the music at hand, Stephen at the same time seeks to ground his and his students’ musical aims in a practical technical approach. Informed by extensive self-examination as a cellist and work with teachers of the Alexander Technique, Stephen encourages in his students fundamental mechanics of movement at the instrument that reduce counterproductive tension and promote ease and flexibility while playing. Linking this vocabulary of movement to core principles of music-making then allows students to more clearly formulate their musical aims, and furthermore, allows them to strive to attain these aims with minimal conflict.