Steph Gemm (Stephanie Gemmell) is a writer, music producer, and film composer currently based in the mid-Atlantic.

Steph earned her MA in Interdisciplinary Music Studies from Berklee College of Music in 2024, concentrating on music production and film scoring. She received her BA from George Washington University in 2021.

Producer and Mix Engineer

As a producer, media composer, and mix engineer, Steph specializes in empowering emerging artists and filmmakers to make their creative visions a reality. She draws on her experience as a writing consultant and lessons instructor to effectively collaborate with creative professionals. Steph supports her collaborators in developing work that reflects their unique voice and creative perspective.

Steph has independently released self-produced EPs that feature her passion for musical exploration, synthesis and sound design, and multi-instrumental performance. Her most recent EP, Flutewave, blends synthwave, EDM, and improvisational rock flute. Steph’s award-winning remix of Zeynep Erbay’s “Chemical Love” will be released by Soul Clap Records in 2024.

Multi-Instrumentalist

As a flutist, Steph has performed in the DC area as a member of the GW Orchestra, the Washington Young Sinfonia, and the National Cathedral Choral Festival Orchestra. She also has experience as a performer and backing instrumentalist playing keyboard, guitar, and drums. Steph currently teaches multi-instrumental lessons at Cumberland Valley School of Music.

Writer

Steph has recently served as regular contributor for Puttylike Media and books editor for Inklette Magazine. Her writing has been featured in Last Syllable Magazine, Oxford Public Philosophy, The Ekphrastic Review, Just Place Chapbook, Capitol Letters, and in anthologies published by Day Eight and Moonstone Arts. Her interdisciplinary research and nonfiction has appeared in The Peer Review, Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, and The Rival GW. Steph attended the Glen Workshop as a writing fellow in 2021 and 2023.

All of her work is motivated by the unique power of art to explore meaningful questions and inspire authenticity.