Steven Mercurio

Steven Mercurio (born 1956, Bardonia, New York) is an American conductor and composer.
Mercurio was raised in New York and is of Italian descent. For most of his adolescence, he gravitated towards rock and jazz music and played guitar in various rock bands with his friends during his high school years. He studied composition and graduated from Boston University where his professors included David Del Tredici. He earned his master's degree at Juilliard School.
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