Steve, well-versed in performing new and seldom-performed contemporary compositions, has recently revived Twelve Greek Maxims (1989) and Entries (1974) for baritone and small chamber ensembles by Gregoria Karides Suchy. Additionally, he has worked with the University of Colorado's Composer Fellows' Initiative; helping student composers learn to write operatic literature and then performing these works' premieres.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Steve has recently sung the baritone solos in Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Messa di Gloria (Puccini), Messiah (Handel), and Carmina Burana (Orff).
In recent competitions, Steve has been a finalist in the Patricia Crump Competition (2024), a semi-finalist in the Concorso internazionale di canto Lirico di Nicolai Ghiarov (2024), semi-finalist in the SAS Vocal Competition (2023 and 2024), and a semi-finalist in the Jenson Competitions (2023 and 2024). He received the Kenneth King second prize award in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition in 2021 and took the William Vennard Award in the national NATSAA competition in 2020.
As a collaborator, Steve has served as a rehearsal pianist, vocal coach, and recitalist at the piano in a variety of settings. He has regularly accompanied students at competitions, lessons, and juries and has played many vocal and instrumental recitals. He has directed various choral ensembles and has been the principal organist at churches in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Colorado.
Steve maintains a studio of students of all ages for students both in person and online, featuring an evidence-based, vocal-health forward teaching approach that prioritizes vocal longevity and consistency in the pursuit of students’ individual musical goals. He is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and has served as a master clinician for various events in the Eastern Region. He holds a pair of masters’ degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia in vocal performance and collaborative piano, and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in choral music education and French. Steve has served on the voice faculties at St. Olaf College, SUNY Potsdam at the Crane School of Music, and Colorado-Mesa University.
Steve Groth, baritone, is a classical vocalist, teacher, and collaborative pianist. Recent performances with the Italian Montefeltro Festival include Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff, and Taddeo in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algieri. Recent American operatic credits include Toccato in Offenbach’s The Electro-Magnetic Voice Lesson, the Stranger in Keith Gates’ Christmas Coin, Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola, the King in Montsalvage's Puss in Boots and Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen, with Boulder Opera. He made is European debut in 2019, singing the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto in the Emilia-Romagna province of Italy. Other operatic credits include Alfio in Boulder Opera's production of Cavalleria Rusticana, Don Alfonso in Mozart's Così fan tutte with Loveland Opera Theater, Polinesso in Handel's Ariodante, Shrank in Bernstein's West Side Story with Eklund Opera, Mr. Webb in Rorum's Our Town, and Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with Show-Me Opera and Baron Douphol in Verdi's Traviata with Missouri Symphony.