Stephen Gryc

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Stephen Gryc

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Stephen Gryc was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949. He received his professional training at the University of Michigan, earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1983. He has studied composition with William Albright, Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom. He is currently Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford where he has served as Chair of the Composition Department, Director of the Hartt Contemporary Players, Director of the Institute for Contemporary American Music, and Co-Director of the Center for Computer and Electronic Music. He has received grants and fellowships from the ASCAP Foundation, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, the Charles Ives Center for American Music, the Ucross Foundation, and the University of Hartford. His awards include the 1986 Rudolf Nissim Prize in orchestral music. His works have been performed by such American ensembles as the Kansas City Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra and by European performers such as the Agon Percussion Quartet of Prague. Stephen Gryc's music is published by Alphonse Leduc, Robert King, and the Vivace Press and is recorded on the Opus One label.

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Musical compositions (chrolonological list):

• Two Portraits For Bass Drum (8 hands), 1974 (Windsor, Connecticut: Windsor Music, 1985)
• Wind Machine for Organ and Orchestra, 1978
• *Five Preludes For Flute Alone, 1979 (Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1984)
• Gravity's Revenge for 4-Channel Electronic Tape, 1979
• Bamboo Variations for 6 Percussionists, 1980
• Three Alaskan Landscapes for Orchestra, 1983 (published as Blue/White/Silver, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1983)
• Neon Night for Orchestra, 1984
• *The Moon's Mirror: Three Nocturnes for Flute and Chamber Orchestra, 1985
• Con Sordino for Solo Trombone, 1986 (North Easton, Massachusetts: Robert King, 1986)
• Five American Portraits For Five Wind Instruments, 1987
• *Delicate Balances for Flute and Guitar, 1988 (Toronto: Acoma/Nambe Editions, 1995)
• Moon Thoughts: Five Pieces For Young Pianists, 1988 (Pullman, Washington: Vivace Press, 1994)
• Reflections On A Southern Hymn for Solo Horn, 1988 (North Easton, Massachusetts: Robert King, 1988)
• A Dance Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, 1989
• Dances and Nocturnes for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, 1990
• Music for Tuba and Timpani, 1990 (North Easton, Massachusetts: Robert King, 1990)
• *Six Mechanicals from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, 1990
• Kandinsky: Six Images for Organ, 1991 (Pullman, Washington: Vivace Press, 1994)
• *Three Excursions for Solo Oboe, 1991
• *Fantasy Variations On A Theme Of Béla Bartók for Oboe and String Quartet, 1992 (arrangement for Oboe and String Orchestra, 1993)
• Nola Wallpaper for 2-Channel Electronic Tape, 1992
• Winter Twilight for Children's Chorus and Piano, 1992 (New York: Boosey and Hawkes [in prep.])
• Pigs In Clover: A Classic Rag for Solo Piano, 1993
• Blue Rider for Symphonic Band, 1993
• Land Of Steady Habits, Slow Drag for Solo Piano, 1994
• Two Poems of Henry David Thoreau for Chorus, 1994
• Fire Brigade Volunteers March for Military Band, 1994
• Desert Light for Brass Quintet, 1994-95
• The Acoustic Aquarium for Toy Piano and Small Percussion, 1995
• Old New England Rhymes for Children's Choir and Piano, 1995
• The Harvest Morn Is Near for Chorus and Organ, 1995
• Hallelujah for Chorus and Organ, 1995
• Fanfare for a Noble Rebel for Brass and Percussions, 1995
• Shadowdance for Flute and Piano, 1996

• Palestrina: Ecce veniet dies illa (arranged for 8 trombones). (North Easton, Massachusetts: Robert King, 1975)

*Recorded on Opus One CD 166 (1994).

New Music for Flute and Oboe

To reach the composer:
On-line: [email protected]
By telephone: (203) 675-5863
By fax:
By physical mail: 19 Tanglewood Road, Farmington, Connecticut 06032

One of Steve's geysers:

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for RealAudio version of Black Sand Basin, 1:03
for RealAudio version of Spasmodic/Penta, 5:18
for RealAudio version of Biscuit Basin, 2:06
for RealAudio version of Dragon's Mouth Spring, 2:06
for RealAudio version of Fountain Paint Pots, 1:46
for RealAudio version of Clepsydra, 1:07
for RealAudio version of Young Hopeful, 1:42
for RealAudio version of Grotto, 1:35
for RealAudio version of Daisy, 6:00

Steve Gryc at K&D Photo Album

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