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Donald Steven
Born (1945-05-26) 26 May 1945 (age 79)
Montreal, Quebec
GenresClassical, Folk
Years active1964–

Donald Steven (born 26 May 1945) is a Canadian-American composer, music educator, and academic administrator. An associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, he won a BMI Student Composer Award[1] in 1970, the Canadian Federation of University Women's Golden Jubilee Creative Arts Award in 1972, the 1987 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year[2] (for Pages of Solitary Delights) and the 1991 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music[3] (for In the Land of Pure Delight). His musical compositions are characterized by their emphasis on instrumental colour and atmosphere. Perhaps his most well known piece is his Illusions for solo cello, which has been widely performed in concert and on television and radio broadcasts.[4]

Life and career

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Born in Montreal, he attended Selwyn House School, followed by Ashbury College.[5] He began his career performing and arranging folk and rock music in the 1960s (most notably with The Raftsmen) before pursuing professional studies in music. In 1968 he entered McGill University where he was a music composition student of Bruce Mather. After graduating from McGill with a Bachelor of Music in 1972, he entered the graduate music program at Princeton University where he studied under Milton Babbitt, earning a Master of Fine Arts in 1974.[4] He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton.[6]

In 1975 Steven joined the Faculty of Music (now the Schulich School of Music) at McGill University, ultimately becoming the head of the performance department in 1986. He taught music composition at the school until 1992 and was involved in the modernization of McGill's studio for electronic music and the creation of the computer music studios.[7] In 1992 he became dean of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College and, subsequently in 1997, founding dean of the College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. He has since worked in senior administration at the State University of New York and The Citadel, and retired as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rider University in 2013. He is also a former faculty member of the University of Western Ontario.[6]

Steven's works have been performed throughout the world, including the World Music Days of the International Society for Contemporary Music[8] and the World Cello Congress.[9] He has received numerous commissions, including from Maureen Forrester, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Bertram Turetzky, Robert Riseling, and Alvaro Pierri, and from La Société de musique contemporaine du Québec,[10] Répercussion, the Pierrot Ensemble, the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, New Music Concerts and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[4]

Selected works

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[9][11]

References

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  • ^ Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
  • ^ a b c Mireille Gagné. "Donald Steven". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  • ^ Selwyn House School Yearbook 1960
  • ^ a b "Donald Steven". Canadian Music Centre. October 2006. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  • ^ A History of the McGill Electronic Music Studio
  • ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia
  • ^ a b Canadian Music Centre
  • ^ la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
  • ^ Counterpoint Music Library Services, Inc.
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