The Dearing Concert Duo is honored to share that Steven Dearing has been featured in VoyageMichigan’s Daily Inspiration series, a long-form interview that appears in the publication’s Inspiring Stories section. The piece went live on April 21, 2026, and is currently featured on the VoyageMichigan homepage.
The interview traces Steven’s path from a self-taught electric guitarist at age 16 — through two years of chemistry studies, a pivot to formal music education, and Master of Music work on full scholarship at Wayne State University — to the founding of the Dearing Concert Duo with soprano and flutist Abha Dearing. The piece covers the Duo’s first recording with engineer Bruce Gigax in Cleveland, their tours across the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, and the four critically acclaimed albums that followed.
Keeping classical music alive and thriving.
Steven Dearing, VoyageMichigan (April 2026)
Asked what he finds most rewarding, Steven pointed to three constants in the Dearings’ work: seeing students progress, performing together as a married duo, and “doing music and music only for a living.” That ethos — classical music as daily discipline and shared vocation — has shaped the Duo’s 25+ years of concert work, 500+ wedding ceremonies, six Detroit Music Awards, and their European concert debut at the Cheltenham International Music Festival.
Read the Full Interview
The complete interview — including Steven and Abha’s story of meeting in the Wayne State University music department, Abha’s early performances at Hart Plaza Detroit festivals from age 5, and the story behind the Duo’s first album — is published on VoyageMichigan:
→ VoyageMichigan: Daily Inspiration — Meet Steven Dearing
Our thanks to the VoyageMichigan editorial team for the thoughtful conversation and for featuring classical music in the Inspiring Stories Series. Additional press coverage — including reviews from the Detroit Free Press, Windsor Star, Hour Detroit, Oakland Press, and WDET/NPR — is archived on our Press & Media Coverage page.