Stephen Kruse is the Managing Director of Winsor Music. A graphic designer by trade, he is a graduate of the University of Rochester (BA, English and Art History), and took courses at the Eastman School of Music. After working at publications, design firms and printers, he started his own design and illustration business in 1986, which continues today. An amateur pianist from a musical family, his interests have extended to music and theater criticism, and he became associated with Winsor Music in 1998 through the Chamber Series in Lexington, Massachusetts, as a volunteer. He joined the Winsor Music staff in 2004, and today supervises publicity, finances and development.