Fox began studying music at the Horace Mann School under pianist John Contiguglia and conductor and composer Johannes Somary.
He went on to study Music and Russian at Dartmouth College, graduating as a Senior Fellow with High Honors, and continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he received an MMus degree with Distinction along with three of the institution's awards: the Sir Thomas Armstrong Prize, the Peter Le Huray Award and the Alan Kirby Prize.
[4] Shortly after his graduation from Dartmouth College, Fox traveled to Russia and founded the country's first period-instrument orchestra, Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg.
Other recent guest conducting engagements have included Handel's Judas Maccabaeus in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Jauna Muzika; and Mozart’s Sparrow Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
[7] In January 2023, Steven Fox, together with The Clarion Choir, makes Pentatone debut with a recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil.