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Steven Stucky
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Steven Stucky (pronounced [stʌki]) (born November 7, 1949 Hutchinson, Kansas) is an American composer. He has written commissioned works for many of the major American orchestras, including Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. He is Professor of music composition at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Consulting Composer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic (where he has been the resident composer since 1988, the longest such affiliation in American orchestral history), and host of the New York Philharmonic's Hear & Now series.
- Three New Motets, for double choir SATB SATB (2005)
- Piano Quartet (2005)
- Second Concerto for Orchestra (2003)
- Spirit Voices, for percussion and orchestra (2003)
- Whispers, for chorus (2001)
- Nell'ombra, nella luce, for string quartet (2000)
- Cradle Songs, for chorus (1997)
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (after Purcell), for wind ensemble (1992)
- Serenade for wind quintet (1990)
- Son et lumiere (1988)
- Dreamwaltzes (1986)
- Boston Fancies (1985)
- Concerto for violin, oboe & chamber orchestra ("Double") (1985)
- 2007: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2006: Elected a trustee of the American Academy in Rome
- 2006: Joined Board of Directors of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation
- 2006: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2006: Paul Fromm Composer-in-Residence, American Academy in Rome
- 2005: Pulitzer Prize for Music for Second Concerto for Orchestra
- 2003: Bloch Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley
- 2002: Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2001: Aaron Copland Fund for American Music recording grant
- 1998: Barlow Endowment Commission
- 1997: Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Centro Studi Ligure (Italy)
- 1995: Special Commendation, National Association of Composers USA
- 1991: Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission
- 1989: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Music (Concerto for Orchestra)
- 1986: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1982: ASCAP Deems Taylor Award (for "Lutosławski and His Music")
- 1978: Composer Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1975: First Prize, American Society of University Composers Competition
- 1974: ASCAP Victor Herbert Prize for composition
- Composer's official website
- Theodore Presser: the Composer's Publisher and his full Biography
- NPR: Steven Stucky Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music featuring the Third Movement of Second Concerto for listening in real audio
- NewMusicBox.org: Steven Stucky Wins Pulitzer Prize
- Biography on Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association