DR. STEVEN L. ROSENHAUS (b. 1952) is a composer, arranger, and conductor whose music has been heard across the United States, Canada, Europe, as well as in Israel and Japan. His concert music has been called "clever, deftly constructed and likable" by The New York Times, and Back Stage magazine has called his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show Critic "sprightly, upbeat, and in the ballad repertory, simply lovely." Performers have included the United States Navy Band (Washington, DC) and United States Naval Academy Band (Annapolis, MD), the Dresden Sinfonietta, the Meridian String Quartet, fellow Yamaha Piano Artist Laura Leon, cellist Andre Emilianoff, clarinetist Guido Arbonelli, and many others. He has written for a variety of genres, incuding two musicals, incidental music for plays, two film scores, and concert music for everything from solo instrument works to music for symphonic orchestra and symphonic concert band. Dr. Rosenhaus serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, where he teaches composition of concert music and for musical theater, and at Nassau Community College (SUNY).
Current commissions include a work for the Carson City Symphony for a premiere in April 2009 with the composer conducting; and THE ETUDE PROJECT series of graded performance etudes for various chamber ensembles, which is written for and in consultation with the U.S. Navy School of Music. Volume I of The Etude Project is scheduled for publication by Music-Print Productions (distributed by LudwigMasters) in October 2008. Recent works include FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS, FANFARE, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, and BANG!, all for concert band and premiered by the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band (Norfolk, VA), the U.S. Navy Band, the 108th U.S. Army Reserve Band, and the U.S. Naval Academy Band; FOR THE GIPSY IN MY SOUL for four harps; UNDERCURRENTS for saxophone quartet; IN THE CAVE OF AEOLUS for flute quartet; and WALTZ RHAPSODY for piano. Dr. Rosenhaus currently has over 100 original works and arrangements in print through LudwigMasters Publications, Music-Print Productions, Theodore Presser Co., Alfred Music Publishing, and Skyline Publications. His works have been recorded on the Richardson, Capstone, Musical Tapestries, and MPP labels. Steven Rosenhaus is the recipient of numerous grants and awards from ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center, and Meet The Composer.
In addition to his creative work and teaching duties, Steven Rosenhaus often serves as a consultant for music publishers and as a "show doctor" for musical theater works in various stages of production. He is co-author, with Allen Cohen, of WRITING MUSICAL THEATER (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).
