"Four microphones are placed under the large five-octave marimba. The piece is written with constant use of the entire range of the instrument. Notes of each octave are directed to each of the four loudspeakers. Inner melodies emerge from each loudspeaker. Four different inner melodies may be perceived by the audience, depending on which part of the room they are seated."

-Steven Everett

Steven Everett teaches composition, electronic and computer music, music of Asia, and directs the Computer Music Studios and Javanese Gamelan Ensemble at Emory University in Atlanta. He was recently visiting professor of composition at Princeton University. He was the 1998 Mayor's Fellowship in the Arts, awarded by the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs for "outstanding contributions to the arts in Atlanta."

As a composer, many of his works involve interactive computer-controlled electronics with performers. These have been performed in over fifty concerts in Japan, Indonesia, Germany, France, England, Italy, Canada, and throughout the USA. Composition awards have been received from the Asian Cultural Council, Rockefeller Foundation, Chamber Music America, American Composers Forum, and Bogliasco Foundation.

He recently completed a music-drama shadow play, kaM, based on a work by Indonesian author and political dissident Pramoedya Ananta Toer, collaborating with Berlin installation artist, Andrea Sunder-Plassmann and Javanese puppeteer, Midiyanto. He is recorded on SCI, Crystal, Mark, and ACA Digital Records.

Active as a conductor of new music, he is co-artistic director and conductor of Thamyris New Music Ensemble in Atlanta. Now in its 15th season, Thamyris is comprised of players from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, has received the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming five years, and is ensemble-in-residence at Emory University sponsored by Chamber Music America. Everett has also guest conducted the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the Contemporary Chamber Players of Illinois.