birthplace background instrument article_title name occupation
california non_vocal_instrumentalist piano , guitar stephen m. sano
 stephen m. sano musician , conductor
stephen m. sano

stephen m. sano -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is professor of music and the harold c. schmidt director of choral studies at stanford university .
using the name steve sano , he is also an accomplished kī hō ` alu , or slack-key guitar , player .
