Stephen Schultz, called "among the most flawless artists on the Baroque flute" by the San Jose Mercury News and "flute extraordinaire" by the New Jersey Star-Ledger, plays solo and Principal flute with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Musica Angelica and performs with other leading Early music groups such as Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Apollo's Fire, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Wiener Akademie, Chatham Baroque and at the Oregon and Carmel Bach Festivals. Concert tours have taken him throughout Europe and North and South America with featured appearances at the Musikverein in Vienna, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Royal Albert Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Carnegie Hall, and the Library of Congress. Currently he is Teaching Professor in Music History and Flute at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the Carnegie Mellon Baroque Orchestra. He has been very active in commissioning new music written for his instrument. The Pittsburgh composer Nancy Galbraith wrote Traverso Mistico, which is scored for electric Baroque flute, solo cello, and chamber orchestra. It was given its world premiere at Carnegie Mellon University in April 2006 and this was followed in 2008 with Galbraith's Night Train, Other Sun in 2009, Effervescent Air in 2012, and Dancing Through Time in 2016. In March 2018, Stephen released a CD of Bach Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord with Jory Vinikour, on the Music and Arts label.