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Greg A Steinke (1942 - ) is Former Chair, Departments of Art and Music, (The Joseph Naumes Endowed Chair in Music), also Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon (retired, 6/15/01); Associate Director, Ernest Bloch Music Festival (‘93–97) and Director, Composers Symposium (‘90–97) (Newport, OR); Holds B.M. degree, Oberlin Conservatory, M.M. degree, Michigan State University, M.F.A. degree The University of Iowa, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Publications: on new oboe literature and music composition; revisions to Paul Harder Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music, 6th-10th Ed., Basic Materials in Music Theory, 7th-13th Ed., Bridge to Twentieth-Century Music, Rev. Ed., Pearson, and with H Owen Reed the Harder-Reed Basic Contrapuntal Techniques, Warner Bros. Pub.; and article, “Music for Dance: An Overview” in The Dance Has Many Faces, 3rd Ed., Ed. by Walter Sorell, a cappella books. Served as National Chairman of the Society of Composers, Inc. (‘88–97) and currently national President of NACUSA (‘12–19); Board Member of NACUSA Cascadia. Composer of chamber and symphonic music with published/recorded works and performances across the US and internationally, speaker on interdisciplinary arts and oboe soloist specializing in contemporary music. Composition honors: winner – ’15 of 10th NACUSA Texas Composition Competition for my TIP TOP TAP BALLROOM BONANZA ver. for Flute and Contrabass; Honorable Mention Flute New Music Consortium 2015 Composition Contest forIN MEMORIAM SACAJAWEA for Flute Quartet; Honorable Mention from Cortona Prize 2016 for From ARGART for Soprano and Piano (‘16); Semi - Finalist in International Composition Competition “Maurice Ravel” Cat. B (’15), Cat. C (’16); INQUIETUDE for Solo Flute selected for RMN Classical CD (London), (’16). Recent commissions from the Delgani Quartet of Eugene, Or (From SONGS OF THE FIRE CIRCLES); Prof. Paul Reilly, guitarist of Ball State University (RANDOM BLACKOUTS IV for Tenor and Guitar) and Dr. Andrew White, baritone of University of Nebraska, Kearney (A WHITMAN “SAMPLER” for Baritone and Piano).