Steven
Reineke,
composer/arranger for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, was selected by the
Contra Costa Wind Symphony to compose a major work in commemoration of
its 25th anniversary season and in recognition of the centennial of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake. This is his second commission from the CCWS. The first was a major work associated with the Wind Symphony's 20th Anniversary Celebration, Mt. Diablo: A Symphonic Portrait.
Composer, arranger and conductor Steven Reineke is one of America’s most dynamic emerging talents in the symphonic pops genre. Recognized as the sound of the Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Reineke’s 100+ arrangements for that orchestra have been performed worldwide. In addition to his work for the Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Reineke has written and arranged for pops conductors Doc Severinsen, Jack Everly and Michael Krajewski. Mr. Reineke’s arrangements can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops recordings on the Telarc label and have been broadcast nationally by PBS.
Mentored by the legendary pops conductor Erich Kunzel, Steven Reineke has conducted the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Cincinnati, Naples, Greater Lansing
and Vermont, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. In 2007 Mr. Reineke will make his conducting debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with guest artists Pink Martini. In 2006 Mr. Reineke will collaborate with rock legend Peter Frampton as conductor, arranger and orchestrator for Mr. Frampton’s new orchestral show.
Mr. Reineke is also an established symphonic composer. His works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in the United States and Canada. In 2005 his Festival Te Deum and Swans Island Sojourn were performed by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops respectively. The Cincinnati Enquirer had this to say about Festival Te Deum, “Melodious and joyous, it had antiphonal brass in the balconies, organ, full orchestra and wonderful choral passages.” In 2006 he begins work on a new American overture celebrating the history of the United States.
Also in 2006, he completed his First Symphony, entitled “New Day Rising”. This powerful work was commissioned 
by the Contra Costa Wind Symphony in Walnut Creek, California to commemorate the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and recognize the ensemble's 25th anniversary. Mr. Reineke conducted the World Premiere performance with the Contra Costa Wind Symphony on April 18, 2006, the actual date of the centennial.
His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands around the world. He is a frequent guest conductor and clinician with professional, college, and high school bands.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, receiving two bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He resides in Cincinnati.