Steven Crino is a composer that seeks to tell relevant stories through emotionally rich and intimate music.
Steven actively seeks out collaboration with living writers and interdisciplinary artists. He is a co-founder of The Circus Opera Company, an organization that synthesizes opera with dynamic circus arts. The company recently premiered Steven’s first circus opera, The Tire Swing, which was the winner of the Five Star Award for the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
In addition to the numerous soloists around the world who have commissioned Steven’s music, his works have been performed and premiered by New Opera West, The Podcast Opera Company, The Boston New Music Initiative. Steven's Acro Piano Duet was recently premiered at the Kimmel Center as part of the Philadelphia Orchestra's "Orchestra After Five" pre-concert series. He is the winner of The Aural Compass Projects' Emerging Composer Competition, and the 3rd place winner in the 2021 American Prize.
Steven is an adjunct faculty member at Temple University, where he teaches courses in the Music Studies department. He received his Doctoral Degree from the Peabody Institute, where he also completed degrees in Composition (M.M.) and Theory Pedagogy (M.M.). Steven includes among his mentors Michael Hersch, Kevin Puts, Omar Thomas, and Benjamin C.S. Boyle.