Stephen Melillo- Composer

His work includes more than 880 works that range from interactive video scores to three symphonies commissioned by Gerhardt Zimmerman and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, a Concerto for Violin & Orchestra composed for Anne Akiko Meyers, and over 11 hours of Music commissioned for Wind & Percussion Ensembles of this and the next millennium. His scoring work includes 12 feature films and Music which has appeared on 28 network television programs. He scored the Academy-Award-nominated 12:01PM and the Emmy-nominated Actress Works.

Stephen's film-scoring text, Music To Picture was completed during the scoring and orchestration of Academy Award-nominated 12:01PM. Stephen implemented the film scoring program at the State University of New York at Purchase. As author of MIDIMAST, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, he trained teachers and taught inner-city students mathematics and science concepts via musical composition.

In addition to his many years as a music educator, Stephen has been a consultant and arranger for more than 50 public school instrumental programs. During his tenure, each of these programs achieved Best Music Awards in all captions in all events ranging from the Cherry, Azalea, and Apple Blossom Festivals, to Tournament of Bands, Eastern Marching Band Association, and the Canadian Stage Band Festival.

In the past four years, Stephen's pioneering self-publishing entity known as STORMWORKS has had thousands of worldwide renderings. Many times Mr Meillo has been the recipient of ASCAP Special Awards in Concert Music and has guest conducted and recorded with some of the worlds finest ensembles. His students now enjoy a range of musical careers as teachers and professional musicians in an eclectic range from television jazz bands, studio musicians and major symphony orchestras. Mr. Meillo studied conducting with Jens Nygaard and Atilio Poto, a student of Arturo Toscanini. Varied educators, conductors and commissioning parties have termed Stephen Melillo's work a new voice in the direction of music.

'...a new voice in the direction of music, his sound ? a bridge between the serious and the immediately visceral.' Maestro Gerhardt Zimmerman, Conductor

ASSOCIATIONS
ASCAP -American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
ASMA -American Society of Music Arrangers
IAJE -International Association of Jazz Educators
MENC -Music Educators National Conference
AMC -American Music Center
CMS -College Music Society
USPA -United States Parachute Association

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