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Steven Naylor composes electroacoustic and instrumental concert music, performs (piano, electronics, seljefløyte) in ensembles concerned with both through-composition and improvisation, and creates scores and sound designs for theatre, film, television and radio. His concert works have been performed and broadcast internationally; his theatre scores have played to live audiences of over 5 million, in 13 countries. Steven co-founded Nova Scotia’s Upstream and Oscillations Festival, and is a former President of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community. In addition to his work as an independent artist, he is the Artistic Director of subText and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Music at Acadia University. His first solo DVD-A of electroacoustic works, Lieux imaginaires (empreintes DIGITALes, 2012), was nominated for a 2013 East Coast Music Award. Steven completed the PhD in Musical Composition at the University of Birmingham, UK, supervised by Jonty Harrison.

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