Stephen Clapp was a violinist and Dean Emeritus of the Juilliard School.
Education
Clapp earned the B.M degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and the Master of Surgery degree from the. He was a student of Dorothy DeLay, Ivan Galamian, and Andor Toth. He studied chamber music with Claus Adam, Robert Mann, Felix Galimir, Raphael Hillyer, Louis Persinger, and Walter Trampler.
Career
Clapp taught violin at a number of schools. Aspen Music Festival and School, 1971-1994 Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee), 1967-1972 University of Texas at Austin, Texas, 1972-1979 Oberlin Conservatory, 1978-1990 The Juilliard School, 1987–2014.