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Classical

United States

Steven Schick

Top Songs By Steven Schick

Pléïades: IV. PeauxRed Fish Blue Fish & Steven Schick

Listen to Aequilibria by International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

AequilibriaInternational Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick

Listen to How Light Arrives… (2020) for 16 musicians [Live] by Palimpsest Ensemble & Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

How Light Arrives… (2020) for 16 musicians [Live]Palimpsest Ensemble & Steven Schick

Listen to vis-à-vis by Wu Man & Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

vis-à-visWu Man & Steven Schick

Listen to L’anello by Renga Ensemble & Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

L’anelloRenga Ensemble & Steven Schick

Listen to Thought Sectors by Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

Thought SectorsSteven Schick

Listen to Here and There by Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

Here and ThereSteven Schick

Listen to Toucher by Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

ToucherSteven Schick

Listen to To the Earth by Steven Schick, see lyrics, music video & more!

To the EarthSteven Schick

Listen to Soundlines (A Dreaming Track) by Erin Rogers, International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick, David Byrd-Marrow, Joshua Rubin, Rebekah Heller, Josh Modney, Katinka Kleijn & Ross Karre, see lyrics, music video & more!

Soundlines (A Dreaming Track)Erin Rogers, International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick, David Byrd-Marrow, Joshua Rubin, Rebekah Heller, Josh Modney, Katinka Kleijn & Ross Karre

Latest Release

Listen to Anqi Liu: Veiled Erosion by Kyle Motl, Schallfeld Ensemble, Palimpsest Ensemble & Steven Schick

EPAnqi Liu: Veiled ErosionKyle Motl, Schallfeld Ensemble, Palimpsest Ensemble & Steven Schick

More albums from Steven Schick

Listen to Weather Systems, Vol. 2: Soundlines by Steven Schick

ALBUMWeather Systems, Vol. 2: SoundlinesSteven Schick

ALBUMA Hard RainSteven Schick

Listen to Chaya Czernowin: Wintersongs by Jeffrey Gavett, Kai Wessel, International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick

ALBUMChaya Czernowin: WintersongsJeffrey Gavett, Kai Wessel, International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick

Listen to Lewis Nielson: Axis by JACK Quartet & Steven Schick

ALBUMLewis Nielson: AxisJACK Quartet & Steven Schick

Listen to Stockhausen: The Complete Early Percussion Works by Steven Schick, James Avery & Red Fish Blue Fish

ALBUMStockhausen: The Complete Early Percussion WorksSteven Schick, James Avery & Red Fish Blue Fish

Listen to Fritz Hauser: Pieces for Percussion by Ensemble XII & Steven Schick

ALBUMFritz Hauser: Pieces for PercussionEnsemble XII & Steven Schick

Listen to Xenakis: Ensemble Music, Vol. 3 by International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick

ALBUMXenakis: Ensemble Music, Vol. 3International Contemporary Ensemble & Steven Schick

Listen to Eckardt: Undersong by International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick & Tony Arnold

ALBUMEckardt: UndersongInternational Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick & Tony Arnold

Listen to Gaburo: Antiphony IV - Enough! by James Dixon, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Iowa City Boys Choir, Iowa City Girls Choir, Lynceus Concert & Steven Schick

ALBUMGaburo: Antiphony IV - Enough!James Dixon, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Iowa City Boys Choir, Iowa City Girls Choir, Lynceus Concert & Steven Schick

Listen to Hibbard: Parsons' Piece - String Quartet - Bass Trombone, Bass Clarinet, Harp - Menage - Schickstuck - Handwork by William Parsons, Quartetto Stradivari, Motter Forman, Jon English, Charles West, William Hibbard, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Benjamin Hudson, Allan Dean, Steven Schick & Garrick Ohlsson

ALBUMHibbard: Parsons' Piece - String Quartet - Bass Trombone, Bass Clarinet, Harp - Menage - Schickstuck - HandworkWilliam Parsons, Quartetto Stradivari, Motter Forman, Jon English, Charles West, William Hibbard, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Benjamin Hudson, Allan Dean, Steven Schick & Garrick Ohlsson

Listen to John Luther Adams: The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies by Steven Schick

ALBUMJohn Luther Adams: The Mathematics of Resonant BodiesSteven Schick

Listen to Roger Reynolds: The Paris Pieces, Vol. 2 by Jacqueline Leclair, Steven Schick & Scott Dunn

ALBUMRoger Reynolds: The Paris Pieces, Vol. 2Jacqueline Leclair, Steven Schick & Scott Dunn

Listen to House of Mirrors by Ed Harkins, Mark Dresser & Steven Schick

ALBUMHouse of MirrorsEd Harkins, Mark Dresser & Steven Schick

Listen to Xenakis Edition, Vol. 7: Percussion Works by Red Fish Blue Fish & Steven Schick

ALBUMXenakis Edition, Vol. 7: Percussion WorksRed Fish Blue Fish & Steven Schick

Listen to Applebaum, M.: Disciplines - Sargasso - Narcissus - Janus Cycle - Neo-Tribes - Entre Funerailles Ii by Eric Bartlett, Steven Schick, Mark Applebaum, Scott Paulson, Griffin Campbell, Terry Longshore & Shannon Wettstein

ALBUMApplebaum, M.: Disciplines - Sargasso - Narcissus - Janus Cycle - Neo-Tribes - Entre Funerailles IiEric Bartlett, Steven Schick, Mark Applebaum, Scott Paulson, Griffin Campbell, Terry Longshore & Shannon Wettstein

Listen to Applebaum, M.: Intellectual Property I - Plundergraphic - Ferneyhough Remix - Mouseketier Praxis - Scipio Wakes Up - Pre-Composition by Mark Applebaum, Chris Chafe, Terry Longshore, Jane Rigler, Steven Schick, Ivan Manzanilla & Paul Dresher Ensemble, The

ALBUMApplebaum, M.: Intellectual Property I - Plundergraphic - Ferneyhough Remix - Mouseketier Praxis - Scipio Wakes Up - Pre-CompositionMark Applebaum, Chris Chafe, Terry Longshore, Jane Rigler, Steven Schick, Ivan Manzanilla & Paul Dresher Ensemble, The

Listen to drumming in the dark by Steven Schick

ALBUMdrumming in the darkSteven Schick

Listen to Iannis Xenakis by Philip Larson & Steven Schick

ALBUMIannis XenakisPhilip Larson & Steven Schick

About Steven Schick

Hometown

Iowa, United States

Born

1954

Genre

Classical

A major force in contemporary percussion music in the U.S., Steven Schick is also an important educator. He has commissioned some 100 new percussion works, including David Lang's The Anvil Chorus and Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet. Schick performed Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zyklus frequently and successfully in diverse venues. In 1994, Schick made his recording debut with the recital album Born to Be Wild. He taught at the University of California at San Diego for many years, reaching the rank of Distinguished Professor before retiring in the late 2010s. He spent a period of time as percussionist in the New York ensemble Bang on a Can. From 2011 to 2019, Schick was director of the San Francisco Contemporary Players. Schick has made some 15 recordings, including a set of the complete early percussion works of Stockhausen. In 2022, he released the album Weather Systems I: A Hard Rain.

Steven Schick has also released music as a member of Honor Role and Bang on a Can All-Stars.