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a little (slow) RAGTIME - a snippet from my vaudeville-inspired ballet: WOODEN DIMES. with score/view. As recorded by "The President's Own" US Marine Band conducted by Jason Fettig youtu.be/4MVDm4cVh9Q?t=…

Symphony #3 review: It is hoped that a major orchestra (like Chicago Symphony) would pick up this remarkable symphony, which sounds like nothing else in the repertory. A special performance, to remind listeners why they became interested in classical music tinyurl.com/szrrd9j3

Delighted that Joshua Bell is featuring my orchestral setting of Bach/Schumann Chaconne during his European tour with ASMF Orchestra. Pictured is a performance in the beautiful #Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

Thank you Windy City Winds, "Chicago's Community Band" !! Look forward to being with you!! :)

Our daughter Kate's new single: "DON'T GO" youtube.com/watch?v=OvyBRS…

Richard Knights The Symphonist Beethoven 5 Beethoven 3 Beethoven 6 Mozart 40 Mozart 41 Stephenson 2 James M. Stephenson Arnold Symphony for Brass Nielson 4 Nielson 5 Copland 3 Johann de Mej Symphony No.1 Ewazen Symphony in Brass Might all change tomorrow - but Mahler will never feature 😂

Thank you to CityMusic Cleveland for including my "Last Chants" (clarinet/piano/string trio) on your 21st century program tonight. Best wishes for a fantastic performance! citymusiccleveland.org/current-season…

STEPHENSON: "Re: NU" for #clarinet, #frenchhorn, and 2 #percussion Premiered at Northwestern by Gail Williams, Steve Cohen, with She-e Wu and Benjamin Krauss youtu.be/XzXsKAI45Js

The ballet WOODEN DIMES (for which I wrote the score) will have its staged premiere with the Oregon Ballet Theatre next spring! (2024) OBT AD Dani Rowe has been so much fun to work with, and I look forward to this next chapter in this production! obt.org/23-24-season/w…

New release of Zodiac II concerto for horn, euphonium, and winds. I. Leo. II. Pisces. III. Aquarius. Bill Caballero; @DemondraeT UCF; Scott Lubaroff SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/album/1UOgEyPJ… APPLE MUSIC: music.apple.com/us/album/zodia… YouTube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Thank you Jeffrey Biegel for your amazing piano playing and support of all of us composers! Please click below to hear my new piano concerto, live!

STEPHENSON: OCTET youtube.com/watch?v=PyKFBg…

Inquiry: The Naples Philharmonic will be doing my "Once Upon a Symphony" this fall - and I'd like to look into getting some illustrations created for the performances. If anyone is, or knows of, a good children's book illustrator, please share, contact me, etc. THANK YOU!

I so enjoyed conducting the New England Conservatory symphonic winds these past two weeks. Stephenson-Octet Brahms/Haydn Var (grad student) Stephenson SYM. 2 Bernstein-Candide Great musicians at NEC #Boston

Sending best wishes down to Florida tonight, and a big thank you to Chip Birkner for doing my Octet, paired with Stravinsky’s. Fun fact: Stravinsky’s Octet was premiered 100 years ago today - with Igor himself conducting. #octet #igorstravinsky #chambermusic

Hi everyone! I wrote a sequel to Stravinsky's "Soldier's Tale", and it is being streamed live this afternoon. 4 PM Central. Here is the link: youtube.com/@TheChurchofth… Would love to have join us. I'm so grateful to the wonderful talents at Patrick Godon

World premiere tonight: orchestral version of Symphony No. 2 - VOICES Texas State University facebook.com/607633580/post…

Thank you Classical Music Indy :)

Tonight: Japanese premiere of my new Symphony No. 4, as performed by Musashino Academia Musicae wind ensemble, conducted by the venerable Ray Cramer. Rehearsal recordings are incredible! My sincere thanks to Ray for his interest, and his obvious study and dedication to the music!