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Biography
Steven Mark Kohn’s creative output as a composer, arranger, and writer spans the gamut from folk song arrangements premiered at Carnegie Hall to television jingles for Fortune 500 companies and Disney Channel film scores.
Kohn's love affair with American musical folklore spawned a three-volume set of American folk song arrangements, premiered at Carnegie Hall by David Daniels and Martin Katz, and recorded on Azica Records by Andrew Garland. This musical style also permeates his dramatic art song cycle, commissioned by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore, based on the Civil War-era diaries of Mary Chesnut.
Kohn has composed scores for several award-winning animated children’s films for PBS, ABC, and the Disney Channel, including Frog and Toad Together, Uncle Elephant, Morris Goes to School, and the Emmy-nominated Runaway Ralph, starring Fred Savage and Ray Walston. As a composer and arranger, Kohn has created music for Wheaties, Matrix, Volvo, BP, Sea World, HarperCollins, Second Story Productions, NPR, and BBC 2's documentary film Let Them Live.
As a writer, he has crafted lyrics for Craig Bohmler’s The Quiltmaker’s Gift, Unstoppable Me, The Tale of the Nutcracker, and The Three Redneck Tenors. Kohn serves on the composition faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music as director of the electronic music studio.
Updated 6/20/16
Productions
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| COMPANY | TITLE | DATES | Arizona Opera | Riders of the Purple Sage | 2/28/2020 - 3/8/2020 | Arizona Opera | Riders of the Purple Sage | 2/25/2017 - 3/5/2017 |
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Artist Information
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