Composer Steve Kornicki Biography

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As a composer, Steve has written for music libraries as well as video, film, dance and theater productions since 1991. He is a graduate of the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, PA where he studied composition & music theory with Jeffrey Mumford and guitar performance with William Peters. Being active as a composer of concert pieces and music for various media, Kornicki's mission is to dissolve barriers between politically defined "genres" of music and embrace all forms as equally relevant to the modern composer. His recent concert works, “Synchronous Momentum” and “Echoes of Emergence”, were premiered and performed by Dave Gerhart and the California State University Long Beach Percussion Ensemble. His music with his brother Kevin has been featured on National Public Radio's ECHOES program in 1994 and 1999, and most recently he has composed a 17-minute symphonic composition, “Morning Star Rising”. As instrumentalist, Steve is proficient on keyboard, guitar and fretless bass. See below for a list of outstanding credits.

Now, Steve has joined with Percussionist Rob Grano to perform live as Twilight Blue.

CREDITS: 1987-present

MUSIC LIBRARY:
Flying Hands Music Library - original track utilized for Elemental Collection (2003)
Primary Elements Music Library - composed 13 pieces in ambient/electronic style for use in various media - Steve and Kevin Kornicki: Cellulose Moods Collection - 13 Ethereal Textures for Film and Beyond available now (2002)
Five Alarm Music Library - composed 5 orchestral pieces for use in various media - produced by Lindsay Tomasic - Grand Panorama - Five Orchestral Pieces for Film and Media with 60 and 30 second edits available (2002)

FILM / VIDEO / AUDIO SCORING:
Data Integrity Management - informational CD-ROM for CoManage Corporation (2004)
Deborah Donoghue: The Awakening - meditation CD with voice and music (2004)
A Fishermen Story - documentary film by I-ling Chu (2004)
Network Television Promotion (2003)
DISCOVERYPath: Becoming I Am - meditation CD with voice and music (2003)
Dan Wagner: Integrative Approaches to Nutrition and Natural Medicine - informational CDs produced by Leonard Lies (2002)
Progress and Prejudice: Treating Mental Illness in the Modern Community - documentary video (2001)
Essential Yoga - instructional video (2000)
U.S. Air Force Training Video - instructional video (1999)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES:
Palm Springs & Huntington Beach, CA - private parties - 2001
Outdoor Concerts: Encino, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood - 2001
Marina Del Rey, CA - Ritz Carlton - evening performance - 2001
Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Museum - 2000
Frank Loyd Wright's Fallingwater - Fortune 500 Forum - corporate event - 1998
Pittsburgh, PA - opening act for Hall & Oates, Craig Chaquico, Fourplay - 1998
West Virginia - Greenbrier Hotel - 1998
Philadelphia Academy of Music - 1994, 1995
Chadsford Winery, PA - 1994

CONCERT MUSIC PERFORMANCES:
Guitarist Tom Copson - Naropa University Concert - Boulder, CO - 2004
Percussionist Dave Gerhart - Doctorate Recital - University of Southern California - 2004
Percussionist Dave Gerhart - New Music Concert & Solo Recital - California State University Long Beach - 2002-04
CSU Percussion Ensemble - California State University - Long Beach, CA - 2001
Gerhart/Tabor Percussion Duo - California State University - Long Beach, CA - 2001
Case Western Reserve University String Orchestra - Cleveland, OH - 2000
Settlement Music School - Philadelphia, PA - various chamber pieces - 1987-1991

MUSIC COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION & ARRANGING:
Deborah Donoghue: The Awakening - Composition, arrangements, recording, mastering (meditation CD with voice and music) - 2004
Data Integrity Management - Original score ( informational CD-ROM for CoManage Corporation) - 2004
Tom Copson: Monkey is as Monkey is – Arrangements/mastering (full-length instrumental CD) - 2004
A Fishermen Story - Music composition, arrangement and production (documentary film by I-ling Chu) - 2004
Jana Losey EP - Music Arrangement and Production (Pop-Rock CD) - 2004
Abigail's Attic EP - Mastering (San Diego-based Rock Band CD) - 2004
DISCOVERYPath: Becoming I Am - Composition, arrangements, recording, mastering (meditation CD with voice and music) - 2003
Cathy Kaplan Patchwork Me - Music Composition and Production (Original Poetry and Music CD) - 2003

RADIO:
2004 - KFMK - Austin, TX
2003 - LoveFM - Japan; Internet Radio NonBiri - Japan
2002 - WJZW - Washington, D.C; WESS - Stroudsburg, PA
2001 - WSIA - New York City; WJZW - Washington, D.C.; KCSN - Los Angeles;
WMBR - Boston; KZYX - Philo, CA; KCUR - Kansas City, MO;
KCWU - Ellensburg, WA; FUN RADIO - Romania; WKMS - Murray, KY;
WKNH - Keene, NH; WXPR - Rhinelander, WI; WRAS - Atlanta, GA;
WAWL - Chattanooga, TN; WVUD - Newark, DE; KTEP - El Paso, TX
1999 - Public Radio International - ECHOES program
1998 - WYEP - Pittsburgh, PA
1994 - Public Radio International - ECHOES program; WEFT - Champaign, IL
1991-92 - WXPN - Philadelphia

CDs:
Steve Kornicki and Rob Grano: Twilight Blue - 2004 - a smooth combination of jazz and new age styles
Steve Kornicki: Forever Journey - 2001 - bright, upbeat guitar-based music
Kornicki Brothers: Deep Time - 1998 - progressive ambient music with percussion emphasis
Hegira: Time Withstanding - 1997 - Kornicki Brothers with special guest artists - ethereal, earthy and textural music
Kornicki Brothers: Different Views - 1994 - keyboard/percussion based ambient, orchestral and space music
Steve Kornicki: Fragments of Illumination - 1991 - contemporary classical

DANCE/THEATER:
Life Rites - Pittsburgh City Theater - 1996 (PA Council on the Arts grant)
Bucks County Dance Company - Philadelphia - 1994-95 - several productions
Perseophone in the Underworld - Philadelphia - 1992

OTHER MEDIA:
Laser Tag - music used for touring company along the East Coast - 1995
Franklin Mills Mall, Philadelphia - music used for background - 1994
Closing the Gap (Arts in Education) Minneapolis - music used for interactive workshops - 1993

PRESS QUOTES & REVIEWS:
"Rising Star: Composer taking center stage" by Andrea L. Zrimsek, North Journal cover story, December 9, 2004 [read full article]

"Driving, syncopated rhythms with an impressive electronic accompaniment make Steve Kornicki's new work, Xylo Motion, a great recital piece for the college student or professional. A two-mallet tour de force, Xylo Motion will challenge the player but not the audience, who will enjoy the sounds and energy that it creates." -Tom Siwe, Editor - Media Press Inc. [order score]

"Just like the prismatic cover art, the latest CD from LA-based Steve Kornicki - Forever Journey - is filled with a colorful spectrum of instrumental guitar sounds. A mixture of live performance guitar, smooth jazz and Euro-flavored new age topped off with the strong rhythmic beat of world music, the 72-minute Forever Journey can be described as Pat Metheny jamming with Weather Report. A great sounding album for instrumental guitar aficionados, the album features stellar performances by Kornicki on electric and acoustic nylon guitars, fretless bass, baritone guitar, flute and keyboards and fine percussion work from Steve's brother Kevin Kornicki." - Robert Silverstein - 20th Century Guitar June 2003

"Synchronous Momentum is a two-mallet vibraphone work accompanied by electronic sounds that are on a compact disc that is included with the score. The work is very much a fusion of pop music idioms and dance grooves. This five-minute work presents basic challenges for the vibist in terms of melodic patterns full of leaps and challenging rhythmic patterns that must be synchronized with the electronic sounds.
Synchronous Momentum will challenge the advanced performer and add momentum to any performance." - Lisa Rogers, Percussive Notes June 2003

"A nice knack of makin' dat guitar talk the talk! Nice CD!" (Forever Journey) -Al Santos, WJZW Smooth Jazz - 105.9 Washington D.C.

"Kornicki's astonishing ability to generate a sound that is simultaneously recognizable and all-new is a pleasant surprise" -Tail Spin Magazine

"Kornicki's CD (Time Withstanding) evokes spiraling emotional peaks and valleys" -Pittsburgh Post Gazette

"This CD (Deep Time) manages to capture the high energy of the Kornicki Brother's live performances…a must for fans and a good primer for the uninitiated" -WYEP-FM (Pittsburgh, PA)

"Using an array of guitars, keyboards and percussion instruments, the Kornicki Brothers craft themselves some intricately layered soundscapes" -Philadelphia City Paper

Steve Kornicki: Forever Journey (online with credit card - $9+shipping)
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******Read the review from the June 2003 issue of 20th Century Guitar magazine******