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Composers Forum |
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Steve Hahn |
| Steve Hahn plays four instruments—the Chapman Stick®, trumpet, bass, and guitar—and is proficient in classical, jazz, rock, and fusion styles. He has performed in scores of venues including Carnegie Hall, New York City; Royal Albert Hall, London, England; and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the White House, and Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. He performed in fourteen countries onboard the HMV
Royal Princess and has played at the Volksfest in Berlin, Germany. In 1989 Hahn began to study a relatively new instrument, the Chapman Stick. He has studied with the instrument’s inventor, Emmett Chapman, and with other renowned Stick artists. Hahn wrote and arranged compositions for the Chapman Stick and trumpet for his first CD, Stickburst. His second CD, Native American Music Meets The Chapman Stick, features music of five Native American tribes transcribed by Hahn for Chapman Stick and percussion. Hahn's third CD, sh, contains original jazz compositions for Chapman Stick, trumpet, and percussion. The CDs have been played on more than 100 radio stations across the United States. Hahn has also contributed to the CDs Tappistry, Vol. 1, an international collection of works by Chapman Stick players, and Giant Tracks, a tribute to Gentle Giant. Several of his compositions have been published.
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