Steven Maxwell is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Kansas State University. In addition, he teaches brass techniques, music fundamentals, and is the Low Brass Coordinator of the Kansas State University Marching Band. Maxwell is also the tubist with the KSU Faculty Brass Quintet and the director of the KSU Tuba Euphonium Ensemble.

Dr. Maxwell received his Bachelor of Music in Education from Iowa State University and his Master of Music in Performance from Kansas State University, and recently finished his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. He has studied with Toby Hanks, Paul Hunt, Michael Short, Thomas Stein, and David Stuart. Maxwell has held the position of principal tubist of the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra in New York and the principal tubist of the Central Iowa Symphony. He is an active clinician, adjudicator, and soloist throughout the Midwest and Great Plains regions. Maxwell was recently a guest artist at the 2003 Great Plains Tuba Euphonium Conference. The KSU Tuba Euphonium Ensemble also performed at this conference.  

Maxwell is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha, Kansas Music Educator Association, and the International Tuba Euphonium Association.