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Stephen Leonard Melillo
Stephen Leonard Melillo

Born
23.12.1957 in Port Chester (USA)

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Stephen Melillo's works 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 14 hours of Music commissioned for Wind & Percussion Ensembles of the 3rd Millennium.
His scoring work includes 13 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. He implemented the film scoring program at the State University of New York at Purchase and as author of MIDIMAST, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, he trained teachers and taught inner-city students mathematics and science concepts via musical composition.
Simply by word-of-mouth, Stephen's pioneering, self-publishing entity known as STORMWORKS has gone from 0 to thousands of worldwide renderings in just 4 years.

Stephen is a many-times 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 to studio musicians to members of major symphony orchestras.

Stephen 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.
Wind Music für das dritte Jahrtausend von Stephen Melillo / Stormworks / Stormworld / Godspeed

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Kaleidollage (Album 129)<br>Score Book + CD

Kaleidollage (Album 129)<br>Score Book + CD

Fanfare for 8

Fanfare for 8

Break of the Code

Break of the Code

For the Love of Johann

For the Love of Johann

The Day That Music Died

The Day That Music Died

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Break of the Code

“Break of the Code” sounds like the score to an adventure movie. The hero goes on a quest for a secret – an old Pharaoh’s tomb. Will he eventually break the code and reveal the secret? This small but impressive concert piece carries Stephen Melillos unmistakable thumb-print and invites the musicians on an exciting journey. The thrilling and at times very heroic tone language does not demand too much technical ability, providing a great sound experience for beginners and young players. For the clarinet players this piece also offers access to a specific secret – the register change. Stephen Melillo created the clarinet parts of “Break of the Code” to offer a certain challenge regarding the register change, but in an educationally appropriate way. This exciting concert piece helps young instrumentalists to successfully deal with the double...

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I Hear Now In Heaven - Im Himmel höre ich nun

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I Now Hear In Heaven
a small ode of love for Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ahab!

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for Actor and Band / für Schauspieler und Blasorchester

Grade Level GB: 8+
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Godspeed!

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"For those of you familiar with WITHOUT WARNING, the opening of the STORMWORKS... Chapter One...
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Time to Take Back the Knights!

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The Chosen
TIME TO TAKE BACK THE KNIGHTS!... or as titled by Conductor Maurice Hamers: THE...

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