Steve Dankner – Books Column
Stephen Dankner received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the Juilliard School in 1971. A list of works since 1990 includes nine symphonies, eleven string quartets, six concerti (two for piano, one for violin, two for cello and alto saxophone); three major song cycles; sonatas for violin (2), piano, alto saxophone, cello; three piano trios; a piano quartet and five orchestral tone poems.
The National Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Nürnberg Symphoniker, Portland Youth Philharmonic and others have given performances of commissioned works. The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has given premiere performances of six of his nine symphonies.
Steve has twice been a recipient of a State of Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship in Music Composition (1986, 1998) and the State of Louisiana Division of the Arts Mini-Grants (4 – 1998-2004). Winner, William Lincer International Composition Award for Piano Quartet (2001). Fellowship residencies at Yaddo, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, A Studio In The Woods, and The Millay Colony. Dankner was a recipient of a Surdna Arts Teacher’s Fellowship to compose his Eighth Symphony (2004-’05).
Steve is music columnist/critic for The Advocate weekly newspaper serving Berkshire County in western Massachusetts and southwestern Vermont. He is a Research Associate at Williams College, Williamstown MA, where he has taught composition and computer notation technologies.
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