Steven Bryant

The original version of Dusk, commissioned by the Langley High School Wind Symphony, Andrew Gekoskie, conductor, was premiered by that group at the MENC National Convention in Minneapolis, MN, in April, 2004. It was a commission I almost didn't take: this was my sixth work for full band in 14 months, while I was working full-time in the IT Department at Juilliard, and I just couldn't see how I...

To all our friends and colleagues at Midwest Clinic, so sorry to miss you this year. Special shout-out to the Leander HS Wind Ensemble (playing In This Broad Earth) for their concert Thursday at 12, and the Pure Winds Quintet for their premiere of my new woodwind quintet arrangement of Dusk on Friday, 2pm. For SOLO & ENSEMBLE season: I've adapted Dusk for (almost every) solo instrument +...

[embed]https://youtu.be/SYQWDrPvvV8[/embed] The Durham Medical Orchestra, conducted by Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant, made a virtual orchestra recording of my work The Machine Awakes, and we'd love to share it with you! This is particularly special since many of these musicians are directly on the forefront of combating this pandemic. Verena did the extraordinary job of organizing the...

Lots going on this Fall! Two World Premieres (both for orchestra, both conducted by my amazing wife!) Shouting Defiance, adapted from Mvt. I of Pendulum, arranged for the Texas Region XIII Symphony Orchestra, Verena Mösenbichler - Bryant conducting Concerto for Trombone, Joseph Alessi and the Durham Medical Orchestra, Verena Mösenbichler - Bryant conducting Residencies 10/28 - 11/1:...

I have two world premieres back-to-back this summer that I want to share with you, along with some exciting performances in Europe: JULY 7, LONDON: In Aeternum for SATB a cappella chorus. Premiere with the BBC Singers, Eric Whitacre conducting. More information. JULY 18, ORLANDO: Miniature Suite - 5 short works for wind ensemble. Commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi / Tau Beta Sigma for their...

I’ve been incredibly fortunate in my compositional life of late, and wanted to briefly share a few things you might find interesting or relevant (especially if you're a band, orchestra, or choral nerd!). Upcoming premieres July 7, 2017: SATB choral work for the BBC Singers conducted by Eric Whitacre. July 18, 2017: Wind band suite for the National Intercollegiate Band at the Kappa...

Since 1995, I've been designing, coding, and maintaining my website myself, and it had grown into a byzantine mess of barely-working PHP and CSS held together with duct-tape and hope. Things like SoundCloud, YouTube videos, online shop, etc have all been bolted on Frankenstein-style over the years. Also, it was unusable on phones (the last redesign was in 2002!). Anyhoo, here's the new site,...

I wrote a concerto for Alto Sax and Wind Ensemble. (open http://www.concertoforaltosaxophone.com now if you want to listen while you read) It was inevitable - this was my instrument all through high school and undergrad., though now I only play very occasionally, usually in Austria with a community band there, and then only when there's beer involved (note: there's always beer involved in...

I've been writing so much music over the past year, I haven't taken time to talk about any of it! Tomorrow, 16 March, the Indiana All-State Honor Band, under the direction of John Lynch (Director of Bands at UGA, soon to be Sydney Conservatorium!), will premiere my brand new work, sevenfive. Based on the same core material as the work I wrote last year for the Gaudete Brass Quintet, this is not...

Hey y'all! (I grew up in Arkansas, I have license to say "y'all") The Texas Music Educators Association convention is 11 days away! This year, I'll be giving a clinic with composer Alex Shapiro, and conductors Robert Sloan and Miller Asbill covering technology and music education - everything from our pieces that use electronics (and how that works), to technology in the classroom/rehearsal...

The annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago is almost here, and I'm very fortunate to have three performances of my work this year, as well as giving my Midwest debut as a clinician with two clinics! If you'll be there, I hope you're able to come to one or all of these, and please say "hello" if you do! Here's the list: CLINICS: WED. 12/18, 2:30 p.m.: I will participate in a clinic with composer...

The guest residency season erupts this coming week, when I travel to the University of Missouri to work with their Wind Symphony and coach their well-known New Music Ensemble. Concert is Monday night, 9/30, and it's free!! The Wind Symphony is performing my Anthem and Ecstatic Fanfare, so if you have a hankering for some of the brighter, shinier music in my catalog, come to the Missouri...