Steven Bryant

I'm in Columbus, OH for The Ohio State University Wind Symphony's performance of my Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Heard rehearsal tonight, and they sound GREAT. They've obviously been putting in the practice time, and they own the piece. They're also playing a newly-transcribed work, Vigil, by Michael Gilbertson, who's here as well, and Asphalt Cocktail by Columbus' own John Mackey, so if you're...

If you're waaaay up near the Canadian border in New York state, you have the opportunity to hear the second-ever performance of my brand new Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Brian Doyle and the Crane School of Music Wind Ensemble will perform the work tonight (Nov. 22nd) at 7:30pm, in Hosmer Concert Hall. Check it out!

Fellow composer and friend Michael Markowski spent the week with me in Austin, generously volunteering to follow me around TMZ-style with a video camera for the world premiere and recording of my Concerto for Wind Ensemble. This means I now have a LOT of footage that I've managed not to edit together... on top of the footage I shot in the preceding months. I'll get to it, eventually (after I...

The Concerto for Wind Ensemble world premiere performance is posted (look in the dark green box for the "UT World Premiere" link)! Given the surround/antiphonal nature of the work, this isn't quite the same as sitting in the middle of it all, but it still sounds great. The University of Texas Wind Ensemble players were phenomenal to work with, and of course Jerry is always 100% inside the...

I'm in Austin this week for the University of Texas Austin Wind Ensemble's world premiere of my Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Had a great 2.5 hour rehearsal this afternoon - Jerry Junkin and the band have worked their butts off on this piece - all 54,210 notes of it. The concert is this coming Wednesday night, October 27th, and will be simultaneously audio and video webcast thanks to the folks...