Has created a diverse body of work over the last fifteen years. At the California Institute of the Arts, Steve studied composition with Morton Subotnik, Mel Powell, Steven Mosko, and Mike Fink. He has received performance underwriting as well as commissions from; Meet the Composer Fund, The Lab, The American Music Center, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, The Utrecht Conservatory of Music, The Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, Gravy Train Dance Company, Kate Weare Dance Company, Ensemble Electra, The Living Room Fund, Alternate Currents, The Bim Huis, Dutch National Radio, KPFA Radio, The String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC), and Music at the Anthology (MATA), just to name a few. In addition to his work in chamber and concert music, Mr. Horowitz spends a lot of time writing music for interactive media. He has written music for film, television, cartoons, and video games. His work spans a wide range. In addition to his groundbreaking work as the current audio director for Nickelodeon online (http://www.nick.com), he penned the original score to the hit indie-film sensation Super Size Me (http://www.supersizeme.com), served as the music supervisor and lead composer for the television show I Bet You Will (as seen on http://www.mtv.com), and composed and produced the music for SPIKE TV's Casino Cinema (http://www.spiketv.com). In addition, Steve won a Grammy award for his engineering work on the compact disc "True Life Blues, the Songs of Bill Monroe" Winner best Bluegrass album 1996. Steve also plays the bass and frequently collaborates with other musicians. Over the years, he has joined forces with an eclectic variety of musicians such as electric guitar wizards Elliott Sharp and Henry Kaiser, Dutch jazz saxophone greats Peter Van Bergen and Michael Moore, The Clubfoot Orchestra, Glen Spearman, acoustic bassist Tatsu Aoki, and the Balkan music ensemble Zhaba. Year in and year out, Steve can be found working and touring with his own group The Code Ensemble. The group performs frequently and has released ten compact discs to date. |
