Dr Jack Stephens DMA BMus(Hons) BA BCom AMusA(Dist) is the Director of Music and Dean of Graduates at St Paul’s College.

Jack has performed as a soloist and conductor across Australia and internationally. Recent highlights in 2025 include residencies conducting services at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral London, Canterbury Cathedral, and York Minster, and presented concerts in Paris at Saint-Eustache, La Madeleine, and Saint-Sulpice. 

Jack has directed a complete cycle of Purcell’s operas and, in 2024, led the Australian premiere of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with The Muffat Collective and Peter Coleman-Wright AO. He regularly presents pre-concert talks for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hayllar Music Tours, and MusicaViva, and most recently at the Bach Festival Leipzig and the Australian Chamber Music Festival. He is a scholar of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Artistic Director of the Sydney Cantata Project, as well as the Director and Producer of Victoriana!

As Dean of Graduates, Jack oversees the academic and pastoral life of the graduate community within the College. Jack’s academic research is focused on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and he regularly presents talks and lectures across the world on the music of Bach, in particular the St Matthew Passion.

In his role as Director of Music, he is responsible for shaping and supporting the musical life of the College. He directs the Choir of St Paul’s College, a 44-voice student ensemble that sings Choral Evensong weekly and regularly performs in professional engagements. Jack also mentors students participating in the intercollegiate Palladian Cup competition and leads a wide range of musical performances and events held at the College throughout the year.

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