Steven Schick (born May 8th, 1954) is a

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

ist and conductor from the

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, specializing in

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st-century classical music, 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 Modernism (music), post-tonal music after the death of ...

. He teaches at the

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and was the Music Director and Conductor of the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2022. In February 2011, Schick was named director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. He replaces Maestro David Milnes who stepped down in 2009. In 2012, he became the first Artist-in-Residence with the

International Contemporary Ensemble The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is a contemporary classical music ensemble, based in New York City. ICE performs a diverse and extensive array of chamber, electro-acoustic, improvisatory, and multimedia works. History The Internati ...

(ICE).

References

General

''The Percussionist's Art - Same Bed, Different Dreams''
(May 2006; University of Rochester Press; )

External links

Info at UCSDInfo at Manhattan School of Music
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Living people American male conductors (music) University of California, San Diego faculty American percussionists 1954 births 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians International Contemporary Ensemble members {{percussionist-stub