Artist description As composer, Steve has written for music libraries as well as video, dance and theater productions since 1991. His music with his brother Kevin has been featured on National Public Radio's ECHOES program in 1994 and 1999. Steve is a graduate of the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, PA where he studied composition & music theory with Jeffrey Mumford and guitar performance with William Peters. Being active as a composer of concert pieces and music for various media, Kornicki's mission is to dissolve barriers between politically defined "genres" of music and embrace all forms as equally relevant to the modern composer.

Music Style Instrumental Smooth Jazz/New Age

Musical Influences Jazz, Electronic, World, Percussion, Classical, Minimalism

Similar Artists Pat Metheny, Andreas Vollenweider, Ottmar Liebert, Mike Oldfield, Philip Glass, Craig Chaquico

Artist History MUSIC LIBRARY: Five Alarm Music Library - composed 5 orchestral pieces for use in various media including CBS Television - produced by Lindsay Tomasic (2002) OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES: Palm Springs & Huntington Beach, CA - private parties - 2001 California Farmers Markets: Encino, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood - 2001 Marina Del Rey, CA - Ritz Carlton - evening performance - 2001 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Museum - 2000 Frank Loyd Wright's Fallingwater - Fortune 500 Forum - corporate event - 1998 Pittsburgh, PA - opening act for Hall & Oates, Craig Chaquico, Fourplay - 1998 RADIO: 2001 - WSIA - New York City; WJZW - Washington, D.C.; KCSN - Los Angeles; WMBR - Boston; KZYX - Philo, CA; KCUR - Kansas City, MO; KCWU - Ellensburg, WA; FUN RADIO - Romania; WKMS - Murray, KY; WKNH - Keene, NH; WXPR - Rhinelander, WI; WRAS - Atlanta, GA; WAWL - Chattanooga, TN; WVUD - Newark, DE; KTEP - El Paso, TX 1999 - Public Radio International - ECHOES program 1998 - WYEP - Pittsburgh, PA 1994 - Public Radio International - ECHOES program; WEFT - Champaign, IL 1991-92 - WXPN - Philadelphia

Group Members Percussionist Kevin Kornicki owns and operates a full recording studio where he has engineered a variety of musical productions including Squonk Opera’s Bigsmorgasbordwunderwerk. Kevin has designed sound for theatrical performances including Pittsburgh City Theatre’s Santaland Diaries ( 2000 season) and the University of Pittsburgh’s "Moby Dick Rehearsed" by Orson Welles.

Instruments As instrumentalist, Steve is proficient on keyboard, guitars, fretless bass, and percussion. Kevin is a dynamic and theatrical, extremely versatile percussionist.

Albums Forever Journey, Deep Time, Time Withstanding, Different Views

Press Reviews "Kornicki's astonishing ability to generate a sound that is simultaneously recognizable and all-new is a pleasant surprise" -Tail Spin Magazine "Kornicki's CD (Time Withstanding) evokes spiraling emotional peaks and valleys" -Pittsburgh Post Gazette "This CD (Deep Time) manages to capture the high energy of the Kornicki Brother's live performances…a must for fans and a good primer for the uninitiated" -WYEP-FM (Pittsburgh, PA) "Using an array of guitars, keyboards and percussion instruments, the Kornicki Brothers craft themselves some intricately layered soundscapes" -Philadelphia City Paper STEVE: "A nice knack of makin' dat guitar talk the talk! Nice CD!" (Forever Journey) -Al Santos, WJZW Smooth Jazz - 105.9 Washington D.C. KEVIN “Mr. Kornicki, who plays an amazing variety of percussion instruments, is a deft and agile musician...” New York Theatre Review

Location Northridge, CA - USA

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