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Steven Bryant, Percy Grainger, and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Steven Bryant was born in 1972, in Little Rock, Arizona. He is the son of a professional trumpeter and a music educator. Bryant learned composition at The Juilliard School with John Corigliano, who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, at the University of North Texas with Cindy McTee, a composer, and at Ouachita University with Francis McBeth, a composer and conductor.

His music has been played by many groups across North America, Europe and East Asia. He has won the National Band Association's William D. Revelli Composition Award 3 times: in 2010 for Ecstatic Waters, in 2008 for Suite Dreams, and in 2007 for Radiant Joy. Samuel Adler, composer of over 400 published works, considered Loose Id for Orchestra, Steven Bryant’s first orchestral work, as "orchestrated like a virtuoso."

Steven Bryant had pieces commissioned by several people and several groups. Alchemy in Silent Spaces was commissioned by James Depreist and the Juilliard School. Steven Bryant has also had pieces commissioned by The Japanese Wind Ensemble Conductors Conference, Caroline Stinson,a cellist who played with the Lark Quartet, The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, and many others.

Percy Grainger is a composer and a pianist from Victoria, Australia. Percy Grainger actually changed his name which was originally His father was an architect from London. His mother was the daughter of hotelkeepers from Adelaide, South Australia. When Percy Grainger was eleven, his parents separated and his father returned to London. Grainger’s mother saw his musical talent, and took him to Europe in 1895 to study at Dr. Hoch's conservatory in Frankfurt. At the conservatory, he showed his talent as a musical experimenter, by using irregular and meters. Grainger met and was influenced by Edvard Grieg. Grieg was intrigued by Norwegian folk songs, and Grainger developed a passion for folk songs. Grainger moved to the United States at the beginning of World War 1. In 1917, he joined into a United

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