Rand Steiger

Rand Steiger (b. New York City, 1957) is an American composer, conductor, and pedagogue.

Steiger became a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts in 1982, remaining there until 1987. Following this he joined the faculty of the University of California San Diego; as of 2006 he is the chair of the school's music department.

As a composer, Steiger first won notice in the 1980s for his work "Quintessence". [Will Crutchfield, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E0DF1739F93AA25755C0A962948260 Rand Steiger "Quintessence"] . "New York Times", June 19, 1984.] He was a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1987 to 1989, and has had compositions recorded by contemporary classical music ensembles recording for Centaur, CRI, Crystal, New Albion, and New World. His work often features elements of computer music and digital manipulation alongside traditional orchestral forces.

Steiger was a member of the California EAR Unit, for whom he served as founding artistic director. He has also conducted contemporary ensembles such as the Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Sospeso, La Jolla Symphony, and the New York New Music Ensemble, and has conducted recordings on Einstein, Koch, Mode and Nonesuch.

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* [http://music.ucsd.edu/people/people.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=+Rand+Steiger Rand Steiger] at the UCSD Department of Music homepage