Steven Bryant has studied composition with
John Corigliano at
The Juilliard School,
Cindy McTee at the
University of North Texas, and
W. Francis McBeth at
Ouachita Baptist University. With
Frank Ticheli as his mentor, Bryant helped co-compose "Stomp" by Ticheli. Bryant's music has been performed by numerous ensembles across North America, Europe, and East Asia. His first orchestral work,
Loose Id for Orchestra, hailed by celebrated composer
Samuel Adler as "orchestrated like a virtuoso," was premiered by the Juilliard Symphony and is featured on a CD released by the Bowling Green Philharmonia on
Albany Records.
Alchemy in Silent Spaces, a new large-scale work commissioned by
James DePreist and
The Juilliard School, was premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra in May 2006. Other notable commissions have come from the Amherst Saxophone Quartet (funded by the American Composers Jerome Composers Commissioning Program), the
Indiana University Wind Ensemble, the US Air Force Band of Mid-America, the
Calgary Stampede Band, and the
University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra. Recordings include multiple releases by
Eugene Corporon and the
University of North Texas Wind Symphony, the Ron Hufstader and the El Paso Wind Symphony, William Berz and the
Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, and Thomas Leslie and the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Orchestra. Bryant has also rearranged the
Iggy Pop and the
Stooges song "Real Cool Time" for the independent Italian record label Snowdonia, as well as music for portions of the Virtual Space Tour at space.com. Bryant is a founding member of the composer-consortium BCM International (along with
Eric Whitacre, Jonathan Newman, and Jim Bonney: four stylistically-diverse composers from across the country). BCM's music has generated a following of thousands around the world and two recordings: "BCM Saves the World" (2002, Mark Custom Records) and "BCM Men of Industry" (2004, BCM Records). Bryant currently resides in
Durham, North Carolina with his wife, conductor
Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant. They spend summers in Austria. ==Awards==