Dr Jack Stephens DMA(Syd) BMusHon(Syd) BA(Syd) BCom(Syd) AmusADist is the Director of Music at St Paul’s College. Jack is responsible for facilitating and developing the musical life of the College. This includes directing the Choir of St Paul’s College, composed of 36 students who sing Evensong each week, as well as regular performances in professional engagements. Jack also works with students in the intercollegiate Palladian competition, in addition to regular performances and musical events throughout the year at the College.

Sydney-born conductor, bass, and artistic director Dr Jack Stephens is the Director of Music at St Paul’s College, Sydney. Recognised for his “artistic brilliance” (TheMusicTrust), he has led the Choir of St Paul’s College in “faultless performances” and “exquisite musical beauty” (CanberraCityNews, 2023).

Recent highlights in 2025 include residencies conducting services at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral London, Canterbury Cathedral, and York Minster, as well as presenting concerts in Paris at Saint-Eustache, La Madeleine, and Saint-Sulpice.

Jack has performed as a soloist with the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, Bach Akademie Australia, Victoria Chorale, the Albury Chamber Music Festival, the Canberra International Music Festival, and the Four Winds Festival Bermagui. He was also an Associate Artist with The Song Company. Jack completed his doctorate on the staging of Bach’s Passions, supervised by Erin Helyard, and is the Artistic Director of the Sydney Cantata Project, which regularly presents concerts featuring the lesser-known cantatas of J.S. Bach with Australia’s leading early-music specialists.

Jack has directed Purcell’s complete operas, including The Fairy Queen (2023), Dido and Aeneas (2022, with Sally-Anne Russell, Andrew Goodwin, and Celeste Lazarenko), and King Arthur (2021, with Peter Cousens). In 2024, he directed the Australian premiere of Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley with The Muffat Collective and Peter Coleman-Wright AO. Jack regularly gives pre-concert talks for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hayllar Music Tours and MusicaViva, produces and directs Australia’s longest-running show – Victoriana!, and is a scholar of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust.