Steven Schick
A major force in contemporary percussion music in the U.S., Steven Schick is also an important educator. He has commissioned some 100 new percussion works.
Schick was born in 1954 in Mason City, Iowa, and grew up on a farm in nearby Clear Lake. His youth, heavily defined by farm chores, had no point of contact with contemporary composition, but his mother was an enthusiastic amateur pianist, and his uncle played drums in a rock band. His parents encouraged his interest in the drums, but only because for him to play percussion in his high school band, they would only have to buy drumsticks, not the instruments themselves. Schick enrolled at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, planning on a pre-med course of study with a membership in the college band on the side, but he found that he was more interested in spending time with other musicians. He transferred to the University of Iowa, majoring in music and studying with the jazz-oriented Thomas L. Davis. After graduating in 1976, Schick went on for a master's degree at Iowa, and it was then, as he became involved with the school's Center for New Music, that his interest in contemporary music really developed. Working as a percussionist for the Center, Schick won first prize in an American Wind Symphony Orchestra competition in 1980. A Fulbright Fellowship the following year enabled him to study at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany; in Germay, he studied with Bernhard Wulff and earned a soloist's diploma in 1982.
In 1983, Schick joined the faculty at California State University, Fresno. He also became part of the roster of the Affiliate Artists agency, performing Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zyklus frequently and successfully in such venues as lunch at a fruit packing plant, a Kiwanis Club, libraries, and nursing homes. Schick is notable for memorizing the scores he performs, something he attributes to early experiences as a rock drummer; he feels that although this takes more time, he internalizes the music better this way. In 1991, he moved to the University of California at San Diego, where he reached the rank of Distinguished Professor before retiring in the late 2010s. In 1994, Schick made his recording debut with the percussion recital album Born to Be Wild. He continued to perform, commissioning new works such as David Lang's The Anvil Chorus, Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet, and Roger Reynolds' Watershed. Schick gave the first U.S. performances of Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis and Kaija Saariaho's Six Japanese Gardens. He also spent a period of time as percussionist in the New York ensemble Bang on a Can. From 2011 to 2019, he was director of the San Francisco Contemporary Players, and he has also conducted the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra. Schick has made some 15 recordings, including a set of the complete early percussion works of Stockhausen for the Mode label. In 2022, he released the album Weather Systems I: A Hard Rain on the Islandia label.
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Morton Feldman : Rothko Chapel (+ Satie & Cage)
Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Klassik - Erschienen bei ECM New Series am 02.10.2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Weather Systems, Vol. 2: Soundlines
Klassik - Erschienen bei Islandia Music Records am 01.12.2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
A Hard Rain
Steven Schick, Shahrokh Yadegari
Klassik - Erschienen bei Islandia Music am 20.05.2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Chaya Czernowin: Wintersongs
Jeffrey Gavett, Kai Wessel, International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick
Klassik - Erschienen bei KAIROS am 01.04.2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Eckardt: Undersong
Fred Sherry, Claire Chase, Tony Arnold, International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 26.07.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Will to Adorn: The Music of George Lewis
International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis, Steven Schick, David Fulmer
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Tundra am 06.01.2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lewis Nielson: Axis
JACK Quartet, Red Fish Blue Fish, Emily Dufour, Steven Schick, Nicholas DeMaison
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 26.05.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bartok: Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion - Stockhausen: Kontakte (version for piano, percussion and 4-track tape), Work No. 12 1/2 (Bela Bartok - Karlheinz Stockhausen)
John Simms, James Avery, Thomas Davis, Steven Schick, Jaap Spek
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.08.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
House of Mirrors
Ed Harkins, Mark Dresser, Steven Schick
Jazz - Erschienen bei Clean Feed am 16.08.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Paredes: The Seventh Seed
Irvine Arditti, Lourdes Ambriz, John Oakley-Tucker, Steven Schick, Arditti String Quartet, Rand Steiger
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 21.10.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Roger Reynolds: The Paris Pieces, Vol. 2
Jacqueline Leclair, Steven Schick, Scott Dunn
Klassik - Erschienen bei Soundset am 01.06.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gaburo: Antiphony Ix / Enough! (Kenneth Gaburo - Benjamin Franklin)
Iowa City Boys Choir, Lynceus Concert, Iowa City Girls Choir, Steven Schick, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, James Dixon
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.04.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo