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[Add basic info] He resides with his wife and dogs in New York. They have two grown children.
Biography
Early Life [more basic version?] The American composer Steven Christopher Sacco was born in gritty 1960s Brooklyn, New York. This was not the gentrified sought-after non-smoking plant-based double stroller organic cotton sustainable straw artisanal condiment farm-to-fork oat milk latte sipping discerning consumers’ Brooklyn of today. After Sacco’s mother died, his father remarried and started over in central New Jersey. It didn’t go well. His musical talent was not nurtured at home or at school, but rather stunted. His unrecognized gift for music suffered greatly during this time.
Despite the many personal traumas during his adolescence, Sacco persevered and states, “my love of music was my ticket out.” Dr. Sacco is a proud high school dropout. His early life presented a tough row to hoe, with bouts of food insecurity and homelessness, but he persevered.
Musical career [Division between style and production]
Brooklyn-born American composer Steven Christopher Sacco’s work, in the contemporary classical music genre, is performed internationally by some of today’s leading soloists and ensembles. Critics praise him for writing “absorbing, poetic and passionate music that easily engages the sympathies and attention of a concert audience,” (The Sandpiper, Rehoboth Beach, 1996) and that his music is “gorgeous, brilliant,” and “magical, some of the most ravishing music of our time.” (Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review, 2023). [more specifics on style?]
Steven Christopher Sacco’s work is performed internationally by some of today’s leading soloists and ensembles. His artistic collaborators have included American Brass Quintet, Luciano Berio, Kevin Cobb, Steven Isserlis, Czech Nonet, Juliana Gondek, Raymond Mase, David Oei, Adela Pena, Antoinette Perry, The United States Army Band, "Pershing's Own," Michael Powell, John D. Rojak, Eriko Sato, and Speculum Musicae, among others. Critics praise him for writing “absorbing, poetic and passionate music that easily engages the sympathies and attention of a concert audience.” Sacco’s work has been performed on tours in Australia, Asia, Europe, North and South America, as well as the music festivals of Aspen, Tanglewood, Bowdoin, Deal (UK) and IIMF (Italy).
[Selected Works]
Featured Discography
2024 Album: Circus Butterflies by Laurel Zucker Steven Christopher Sacco: Forest Music, for 2 flutes and piano (Appears on) Artists: Laurel Zucker, Elizabeth Mann, flutes; Allison Franzetti, piano Label: Cantilena records 2024 Album: Steven Christopher Sacco: Journey Home; Suites for Piano Solo Artist: David Oei Label: The Hill Studio 2023 Single: Steven Christopher Sacco: Air, for violin and piano Artist: Kinga Augustyn, violin; Steven Christopher Sacco, piano Label: The Hill Studio 2023 EP: Steven Christopher Sacco: Concerto for oboe and strings Artists: Lisa Kozenko, oboe; Oliver Weder, conductor, Czech Studio Orchestra Label: The Hill Studio 2023 Album: Steven Christopher Sacco: Parables and Meditations, a concerto for piano and fixed media Artist: David Oei, piano Label: The Hill Studio 2023 Single: Steven Christopher Sacco: Lament for strings Artists: Czech Studio Orchestra; Jan Chalupecky, conductor Label: The Hill Studio 2023 EP: Steven Christopher Sacco: Six Studies For Fixed Media Artist: Steven Christopher Sacco: computer Label: The Hill Studio 2021 EP: Steven Christopher Sacco: Sonata for clarinet and piano Artists: Amalie Wyrick-Flax, clarinet; David Oei, piano Label: USA (ACA)
2020 Album: Contemporary Organ Music Steven Christopher Sacco: Elegy, for organ solo (appears on) Artist: Brian Schober, organ Label: USA (ACA) 2020 Single: Steven Christopher Sacco: Little Piece In Quarter Notes Artist: Steven Christopher Sacco, piano Label: Shetler Recordings 2020 Single: Steven Christopher Sacco: How Many Licks Does It Take To Play...Jazzelicious! Artist: Curtis Biggs, bass trombone Label: Shetler Recordings 2019 Single: Steven Christopher Sacco: Remembrance No 1. Artist: Nathan Buckner, piano Label: USA (ACA) 2018 EP: Steven Christopher Sacco: Music, for two violins and piano Artists: Adela Pena, Eriko Sato, Adrienne Kim Label: USA (ACA) 2017 Album: Steven Christopher Sacco: Book of Whimsy (selections) Artist: David Oei, piano Label: USA (ACA) 2016 Album: Rojak Rocks Sonata, for bass trombone, and piano (appears on) Artists: John Rojak, bass trombone, Antoinette Perry, piano Label: Navona Records 2016 EP: Steven Christopher Sacco: Sonata for tenor trombone and piano Artists: Micheal Powell, trombone; Steven Christopher Sacco, piano Label: USA (ACA) 2007 Album: Jewels Steven Christopher Sacco: Quintet, for brass (appears on) Artists: American Brass Quintet Label: Summit Records