ENGAGE. ENRICH. DiSTURB.
“These three words guide my work as a composer. I want my music to grab you from the throat from the very first moments, open the listener’s ear and imagination, and disrupt the ordinary. My pieces often move between control and unraveling, beauty and unease, ritual and rupture—seeking not only to be heard, but to leave the listener altered after the last sound turns to silence.”
The Important Things:
Stephen...
... (b. 1984) is a Los Angeles-based composer of engaging and “arrestingly wrought” music (Indianapolis Star).
… makes work for orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber ensembles, voices, electronics, and film.
… is drawn to sound as a place where empathy, danger, memory, and imagination meet.
… mentors young composers through the Mostly Modern Festival.
… teaches music theory at Occidental College.
... proudly hails from Owensboro, Kentucky.
... is the guardian of a cat named Toney.
Performed by musicians of the Soundbox Camerata