"Gryc's technique demands a perfection of gesture and color throughout. A master orchestrator, he carefully chooses
the content of his ensembles, even when they are only a few instruments. He then sculpts their resultant sound precisely,
through a variety of calculated doublings. Even when the music is lightning-fast, one feels that the composer has taken
the time to listen to every instant, allowing his patience to guide him through even the most complex passages."
--Composer Robert Carl (from his notes from the CD Dreams and Nocturnes)

"The sounds of musical instruments themselves, as well as their intricate and specialized techniques, are a constant source of inspiration for the music I write. I must hear a melodic line as expressing the essence of an instrument, and it is the melodic line that then gives rise to the harmony and counterpoint, indeed, to the entire fabric of a composition."


--Stephen Michael Gryc

Stephen Gryc's Masquerade Variations performed on tour by the United States Marine Band and
published by Carl Fischer. Read about it in NEWS.

New CD features Gryc's work for flute and piano Shadowdance.Visit the CD GALLERY.