Enos, Stephen
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-4256
Department: Music and Dance
Office Location: Metropolitan Campus, CCA 301
Education: M.A. in Music Education, University of Akron
B.S. in Jazz Performance and Music Education, Berklee College of Music
About: Trumpeter Steve Enos has served as the director of the award-winning Tri-C JazzFest High School All-Stars and Tri-C JazzFest Summer with the Jazz Masters program. Enos is also the co-director of the East Central Jazz Educators All-Star Big Band and a member of Swing City, Ernie Krivda and the Fat Tuesday Big Band, Omnibus Orchestra, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and performs in the Playhouse Square Orchestra for their Broadway Series.
At the Berklee College of Music, he received the Lennie Johnson Scholarship and performed with Boston’s famous Herb Pomeroy Orchestra. Enos is a recipient of the 2021 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland’s Jazz Legends Award for Excellence in Jazz Education and Performance. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Holsworth, Richard
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-2210
Department: Music and Dance
Office Location: Eastern Campus, EEC 107
Education: B.M., Berklee College of Music
M.M., Cleveland State University
Seaton, Kira
Assistant Professor
(216) 987-5279
Department: Music and Dance
Office Location: Western Campus, WLA B106
Education: Master of Music, Ohio University
Bachelor of Music, Ohio University
About: Kira Seaton is a singer, music director, church musician, composer and conductor in Northeast Ohio. She has performed or conducted choirs in Italy and Canada and at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the National Cathedral. She has sung for former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama in visits to Tri-C. A member of the world-acclaimed Cleveland Chamber Choir, Seaton has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Opera and in a number of other venues in the eastern United States. As a musical theater director, she staged children's opera productions, which were performed for over 10,000 school children over the course of a decade. She was the director for the popular theater performing arts camps at Tri-C for over 20 years. She has taught music theory, voice, choir, music history and piano at the Western Campus since 1987, serving as the music faculty coordinator since 1997.