The works of Stephen Lias have b

The works of Stephen Lias have been performed in concert and recital throughout the United States and abroad by soloists and ensembles including The Stone Fort Wind Quintet, The Monmouth College Chorale, The Louisiana Sinfonietta, The Red Stick Saxophone Quartet, the NYU New Music Ensemble, and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin. His music is published by the Sacred Music Press, Conners Publications, Brassworks4, Alry Publications, and Southern Music Publishers. His awards include being selected as the 2003 Commissioned Composer for the Texas Music Teachers Association, and receiving his eighth consecutive ASCAP Standard Award. !n 2006, he was selected as a finalist in the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin's "Homage to Mozart" composition contest and his piece "Pursued" was performed in Moscow and at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Dr. Lias is also active in the area of theatrical incidental music. He has composed original music for over thirty professional theatrical productions since 1989 including I Hate Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Tempest at Stephen F. Austin State University, and Death of a Salesman at Auburn University at Montgomery. He served for nine years as Composer in Residence and Music Director at the Texas Shakespeare Festival and will be returning in 2008 for his tenth season.

Stephen Lias received his B.S. in Music Education from Messiah College, his Master of Music from Stephen F. Austin State University, and his DMA in Composition from Louisiana State University. His teachers have included Dinos Constantinides, Stephen David Beck, and Darrell Holt. Dr. Lias currently resides in Nacogdoches, Texas where he is Area Coordinator for Music Theory and Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a member of ASCAP, NACUSA, The College Music Society, The American Music Center, and The Society of Composers, Inc., and is the Founder and Director of The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers (CPCC).