Education
Steven Bryant studied composition with John Corigliano at The Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas, and West. Francis McBeth at Ouachita Baptist University.
Steven Bryant studied composition with John Corigliano at The Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas, and West. Francis McBeth at Ouachita Baptist University.
Mr. Bryant states: "I strive to write music that leaps off the stage (or reaches out of the speakers) to grab you by the collar and pull you in. Whether through a relentless eruption of energy, or the intensity of quiet contemplation, I want my music to give you no choice, and no other desire, but to listen."
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 Civil Defense release by the Bowling Green Philharmonia on Albany Records.
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 United States 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 created a recomposition of the Iggy People’s 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.
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 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.
