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) is an American
composer
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Manhattan School of Music
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and the
California Institute of the Arts
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, where he became a faculty member in 1982. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the
University of California, San Diego
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, where he served as chair of the music department from 2006 to 2009.
At UCSD, Steiger was instrumental in overseeing the planning, development, and building of the music school's acclaimed
Conrad Prebys Music Center
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.
In 2009, he was visiting professor in the music department at
Harvard University
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.
As a composer, Steiger first won notice in the 1980s for his work ''Quintessence''.
Will Crutchfield
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New York Times
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'', June 19, 1984. He was a fellow with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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from 1987 to 1989, and has had compositions recorded by
contemporary classical music
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ensembles recording for
Centaur
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,
CRI
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,
Crystal
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,
New Albion
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, and
New World
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. His work often features elements of
computer music
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and digital manipulation alongside traditional orchestral forces.
Steiger was the founding artistic director and a member of the
California EAR Unit The California EAR Unit was an American chamber ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. The group was founded in March 1981 in Los Angeles, California.
The original members of the EAR Unit were Dorothy Stone (flute) ...
. He has also conducted contemporary ensembles such as the
Arditti Quartet
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,
Ensemble Sospeso
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* Architectural ensemble
* ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album
* Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary
* Ensemble cast (drama, comedy)
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* ''Ensem ...
Einstein
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Mode
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and
Nonesuch __NOTOC__
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* ''Lychnis chalcedonica'', a wildflower
* ''Medicago lupulina'', a wildflower
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*Nonesuch, Kentucky
*Nonesuch Island, Bermuda
*Nonesuch Mine, Michigan
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.
In 2010 Steiger released a CD/DVD of works for instruments and electronics on the EMF label entitled ''Ecosphere''. In 2014 the Talea Ensemble released another collection of his chamber music, ''A Menacing Plume'', on