Steven Bryant is an active composer and conductor with a varied catalogue, including works for wind ensemble, orchestra, electronic and electro-acoustic creations, chamber music, and music for the web. In 2007, the National Band Association awarded his Radiant Joy the William D. Revelli Composition Award. His first orchestral work, Loose Id for Orchestra, hailed by celebrated composer Samuel Adler as “orchestrated like a virtuoso, ” had its première with The Juilliard Symphony. Steven Bryant studied composition with John Corigliano at The Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas, and Francis McBeth at Ouachita University.