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) is an American
composer
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Manhattan School of Music
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and the
California Institute of the Arts
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, where he became a faculty member in 1982. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the
University of California, San Diego
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, where he served as chair of the music department from 2006 to 2009.
At UCSD, Steiger was instrumental in overseeing the planning, development, and building of the music school's acclaimed Conrad Prebys Music Center.
In 2009, he was visiting professor in the music department at
Harvard University
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'', June 19, 1984. He was a fellow with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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from 1987 to 1989, and has had compositions recorded by
contemporary classical music
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ensembles recording for
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Crystal
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,
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, and
New World
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. His work often features elements of
computer music
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Einstein
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Mode
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and Nonesuch.
In 2010 Steiger released a CD/DVD of works for instruments and electronics on the EMF label entitled ''Ecosphere''. In 2014 the Talea Ensemble released another collection of his chamber music, ''A Menacing Plume'', on