Latest album, Lunchbreak Concert, is live and streaming!

In other news,the London Repertoire Orchestra has programmed my Ten Minute Symphony for their spring season, and will be playing it on the 4th Feb under the baton on fellow brit composer, Dominic McGonigal.

What is Steve Chowne Music?

With ten albums of his compositions now shared with the world, Steve is nothing if not busy. He has played violin, flute and piano since very small, and the trumpet since somewhat bigger. He has several guitars (on which he’s rubbish) not to mention various electronic bits of kit that make funny noises.

He is a playing member of symphonic and chamber orchestras, chamber groups and lurks in the brass in a windband. And when he’s not constrantly [honest] pracitsing repertoire from Suk to Shostakovich, he’s likely to be on his bike listening to the birds and trees, no doubt writing or developing a new tune.

Use these links to explore the catalogue. Read more about the inspiration behind each of the pieces, and who’s playing them.

Lunchbreak Concert – an overture, a flute concerto and Steve’s first symphony (bring your own sarnie and glass of whatever takes your fancy)

Ambience – chill piano music

Bedtime Stores – music and stories for kids and grown-ups

7912 – string quartets numbers 7, 9, 1 and 2

Quattro Concerti – two for violin, one for cello and one for piano, big stuff

Sinfonietta – Steve’s third symphony, just for strings; and his sixth string quartet in concerto grosso

Preludes, Promenades and Noctures – a lush bit of solo piano for taking with a glass of gin, or horlicks

A Nice Bit of Wood – a woodwind chamber showcase, and a marimba (well it’s made of wood too, isn’t it?)

String Quartets V, IV and III – music about water, reel to reel tape recorders, and snow.

Abroretum – a piano suite about trees

Everything is available on BandCamp, and you can stream everything on the major platforms such as SoundCloud (where some unpublished drafts also lurk), Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, Apple Music, Amazon etc….

Scores can be made available. Please contact Steve through BandCamp.

The pipeline is stuffed. Steve is currently working on recording the next few albums which include a couple of new concerti for each of trumpet and tuba, and has tentatively started laying down the foundations for recording each of his second and fifth symphonies. And he’s in the thick of a current obsession with writing trios: three in three weeks.

If you can’t get enough, you can check out his band, Blue Powder on bluepowder.uk for something completely different in over twenty albums from the last few decades.