Described as "surreal" music "to bewilder, amuse, and provoke" (Epoch Times), the works of composer Steven Rice have drawn increasing recognition; he received a 2009 ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer Award and took 1st Prize in the 2005 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award. His music has been performed throughout the United States by ensembles such as the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and Juventas in venues such as The Stone (NYC), the Krannert Center (Urbana, IL), and Seully Hall (Boston Conservatory). Active in the production and performance of electronic music, Steven has raised electronics into the high towers of carillons and into the depths of old churches. He has served as an audio engineer and technician for the Eastman Computer Music Center since 2007 and in this capacity has produced and performed works such as Luis Pena's Anatomia De Um Poema Sonoro, Lois Vierk's Red Shift, and Matthew Barber's Interface Chapel. He is also active as a pianist, teacher, and writer. Rice's composing has been supported by the Millay Colony for the Arts, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. His teachers have included Marilyn Shrude, Elainie Lillios, and Mikel Kuehn. At the Eastman School of Music, he has studied with Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Allan Schindler, and Robert Morris.

last update: 05/13/2010