Stephanie Berg, Guest Composer

St. Louis-based composer, Stephanie Berg, was heralded in 2014 as a “promising new compositional voice” (St. Louis Post Dispatch). Since that time, she has delivered on that promise, producing a sizeable repertoire of music for ensembles large and small that has been consistently met with “enthusiastic ovations” worldwide and has been described as “fun, creative” (St. Louis Post Dispatch), “vivid,” “unabashedly cinematic” (KDHX), and possessing “a tremendous energy” (David Robertson).

She has had pieces professionally recorded and released on five separate albums, including saxophonist Gail Levinsky’s award-winning album, Quiet Hearts. Her Oboe Concerto was performed at the 2024 International Double Reed Society Conference by Celeste Johnson, oboe, and members of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. In 2012 she was selected as a resident composer of the Mizzou International Composers Festival, where her piece Ravish and Mayhem was premiered by the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Alarm Will Sound. This work was also performed on subscription concerts by the St. Louis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and the Arkansas Symphony, where she was named “Composer of the Year” for their 2016-2017 season, and has continued to be performed every year since.

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Stephanie Berg

Past Guest Composers

2024-2025
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2020-2021
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2019-2020
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2018-2019
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2017-2018
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2016-2017
Guest composer: Elizabeth Ogonek

2015-2016
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2014-2015
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2013-2014
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
Guest Composer: Dr. Chen Yi

2008
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2007
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