Steven Radeck is a teacher, composer, and conductor of music. In addition, he is a versatile performer of classical, popular and ragtime music, and has appeared in countless concerts in the US and abroad.

As a composer, Mr. Radeck has written numerous works for theatre, dance, and film. The Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Metro Theatre Circus, The St. Louis Dancers, Imagine Films, and others have commissioned original works by him, and his compositions have been heard widely in many countries, at such venues as the Kennedy Center.

Among the foremost performers, historians and interpreters of ragtime music, Mr. Radeck has produced and headlined many ragtime festivals internationally. His close association with the legendary Eubie Blake climaxed with a performance at Eubie's lOOth Birthday Party at the Shubert Theatre in New York.

Mr. Radeck has also produced, and performed in, a series of concerts with his friend and mentor Leo Smit. Their 'The Masters Wrote Jazz' concert series featured original arrangements from the Paul Whiteman Orchestra of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, as well as Mr. Radeck's own arrangement of the Concerto in F, for symphonic winds.

As a pianist he has accompanied many celebrities, including the Mills Brothers, Bob Hope, Englebert Humperdinck, Redd Fox and Don Rickles. Mr. Radeck is also an accomplished organist and has served as music director at several churches in Buffalo, St. Louis and the New York City area.

In the academic facet of his career, Mr. Radeck was artist-in-residence and musical director of the Performing Arts Area at Washington University in St. Louis for seven years. He was also conductor and director of the vocal music program at New York's Talent Unlimited Performing Arts High School for five years, and has held adjunct faculty positions at NYU and University College of St. Louis.

Mr. Radeck received his BA in music from Dartmouth College where he was founder of the Dartmouth College New Music Ensemble and the recipient of several awards, including a Senior Fellowship in Music. He received his Masters of Music from SUNY at Buffalo, where he worked with the eminent American composer Morton Feldman, as well as with Mr. Smit, a close associate of Stravinsky, Copland, and Bernstein.

He currently resides in New York City, where he teaches at Lawrence High School, a Performing Arts Academy on Long Island.

Detailed Background Information

Instrumental/Choral:

Member: Dartmouth College Glee Club Conducting Studies: Mario diBonaventura: Dartmouth College, Harold Rosenbaum UB 25 years of experience directing church vocal ensembles Director of Vocal Music and Arts Coordinator: Talent Unlimited High School, 1996-2001

Composition:

Electronic Music Studies with Jon Appleton Studies with Christian Wolff, John Cage Student of and Assistant to Morton Feldman Student of Leo Smit Many commissions for original works for Children's Theatre: Performances at the Kennedy Center, awards including the Best Children's Theatre in America, '86 Commissions for Dance, Theatre, and Film including: Pilobolus Dance Theatre, The St. Louis Dancers, Imagine Films Inc.: London, U.K., The Long Island Contemporary Ballet Co., Child 's Play

Piano/Organ:

Piano studies with Gabriel Chodos, Yoriko Takahashi, Joseph Schwartz, Yvar Mikashoff, Stephen Manes Close association with the legendary Eubie Blake, including a performance at the Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C. for his 100th Birthday Celebration Accompanist for Bob Hope, Englebert Humperdinck, the Mills Brothers Many solo performances in U.S. and Europe specializing in Ragtime and Early American Music Scott Joplin Stamp Commemoration at the invitation of the United States Postmaster General Two European Tours including the Cork Opera House, Club 54 Oslo, Norway Performances for Swedish National Television/Radio Frequent Performer at major U.S. Ragtime Festivals American Premiere, John Cage's: A Book of Music Several Concerts with Leo Smit: “The Masters Wrote Jazz” Club dates, Picadilly Circus: London, U.K. Solo Ragtime Act for Opryland U.S.A. Organ studies with Dr. Mario Salvador: St. Louis Cathedral 25 years of experience as a Church Organist

Music Director:

Dartmouth College New Music Ensemble, U.S. Premiere of Morton Feldman's: Music for 5 Pianos, and Voices and Instruments I Artist-in-Residence and Musical Director of Performing Arts Area: Washington University Musical Director: Holland America Inc. aboard ms. Nieuw Amsterdam Musical Director: American Repertoire Theatre: Amsterdam, Holland Musical Director: St. Louis Ragtime Ensemble, Performances include the Cork Opera House, Ireland Many Musical productions including Catholic Theatre Guild production of Pippin: Opera House, Cork, Ireland

Computer Expertise:

Finale, Logic Audio, Performer, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator

Links

June in Buffalo: A Catalogue, 1975-1980 Maryland Historical Society: Eubie Blake "One for the Road": Production Details Metro Theater Company: Production History Creative Associate Recitals: A Catalogue, 1964-1980