John D. Stevens (born 1951) is an American composer/arranger, tubist, and brass pedagogue.
His compositional style ranges from rock and jazz to modern through-composed music.
In 1997 he was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to write a tuba concerto.
[1] His work is also featured on the Mark Hetzler 2015 recording Blues, Ballads and Beyond.
An accomplished performer, Stevens was the original sousaphone soloist in the Broadway production Barnum and is a member of Symphonia, the world's first professional tuba ensemble.