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Steven Schick is a distinguished professor of music at the University of California, San Diego, holding the Reed Family Presidential Chair. He is an accomplished percussionist, conductor, and author dedicated to championing contemporary music for over forty years. Schick has commissioned and premiered more than one hundred fifty new works, significantly contributing to the contemporary classical music landscape. He serves as the music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and has held the position of artistic director for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Schick's leadership extends to guest conducting for prominent orchestras, including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. His influential publications include 'The Percussionist's Art: Bed, Dreams' and a comprehensive 3 CD set of complete percussion music by Iannis Xenakis, along with early percussion works by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Schick maintains an active schedule engaging in various performances and educational initiatives.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).