The music of composer Steven Rice (born 1979, U.S.A.) has drawn increasing attention, and has been recognized by Rice's peers; he took 1st Prize in the 2005 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, and was a finalist in the 2004 MTNA National Young Artist Composition Competition and the 2006 Volti Choral Arts Composition Competition. His music has been performed throughout the United States, including at music festivals June in Buffalo, Third Practice, and Imagine 2, as well as at concerts where he and Heike Burghart Rice perform music for organ and electronics. Rice's composing has been supported by the Millay Colony for the Arts, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Rice holds degrees from Bowling Green State University (M.M.), where he studied with Marilyn Shrude, Elainie Lillios, Mikel Kuehn, and Burton Beerman, and from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (B.M.), where he studied with Charles Young.

last update: 01/09/2007