Steven Reineke

Steven Reineke

Steven Reineke is a composer and arranger from the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and he is best known for composing music from various backgrounds. Reineke currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has done so since his birth year in 1970.

Biography

Reineke was born in 1970 in Tipp City, Ohio and developed an interest in his musical talents at an early age on the trumpet. At age fifteen, he taught himself how to play the piano. He continued his trumpet studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, receiving two bachelors of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition.

His compositions have been published by the C. L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands around the world. He is a frequent guest conductor and clinician with professional, college, and high school bands.

Compositions

Title		Published	Grade	Length	Description
Celebration Fanfare		2007	4
Defying Gravity		2004	3.5	5:12	Depicts adventures in the sky above the clouds and fighting their way through a turbulent storm.
Fate of the Gods		2001	4	8:22	Based on the tales from the Nordic mythology.
Goddess of Fire		2006	4.5	9:59	Sets place in Hawaii and depicts a powerful woman Pele, the Goddess of the volcanoes.
Heaven's Light		2004	3.5	3:55	Creates a signal of light of heaven through melodies from the clarinets and flutes.
Hopetown Holiday		1998	3.5	5:24	An exhilarating piece revolving around the journey to the Indicas Reef.
In the Temple of Zion		1997	3.5	5:44	Sets place in Utah with a theme of the Zion National Park.
Into the Raging River		1999	4	7:30	Shows adventures of the white-colored river on a water-rafting trip.
Main Street Celebration		2002	3.5	5:30	Following the tour through the town on the Main Street.
Merry Christmas, Everyone!		2007	3.5	5:19	Contains a medley of classic Christmas songs.
Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons		2002	4.5	10:06	Depicts travelers climbing up the mountain of Pilatus in Switzerland, in hopes to search for dragons.
Portrait of Freedom		2002	4	6:29
Rise of the Firebird		2001	3.5	2:33	Energetic fanfare representing the firebird.
River of Life		1995	4	4:48	Creates a melody that sounds like a flow of a relaxing river.
Sedona		2000	3.5	5:36
Swans Island Sojourn		1996	3.5	6:02
Symphony No. 1: New Day Rising	Mvt. I: City of Gold	2007	5	8:28	Introduces the city of San Francisco and what the city will look like in the 20th century.
	Mvt. II: Nocturne	2007	5	6:37	Tells us of the city that sleeps at the night of April 17, 1906 before the imminent earthquake on the next day.
	Mvt. III: And the Earth Trembled	2007	5	9:32	Shows the climax of the city during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake at 6:00 AM on April 18, 1906.
	Mvt. IV: New Day Rising	2007	5	7:13	Depicts the rebulding of the shattered remains of the city and a day of new hope in the future.
Towards a New Horizon		2007	3.5	6:08	Commissioned by the town of Shoreview, Minnesota, to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Allegedly Reineke found the town so boring he composed the melody by repeating "Shoreview, Minnesota" until it fit to music.
Where Eagles Soar		2003	3.5	4:10
The Witch and the Saint		2004	4	10:22	Conveys the story of the lives of the twin sisters Helena and Sibylla in Germany in 1598.

External links

• Reineke at the Contra Costa Wind Symphony
• Steven Reineke page at C. L. Barnhouse Company, with bio and list of works