Rand Steiger

Who is Rand Steiger?

Rand Steiger is an American composer, conductor, and pedagogue.

Steiger attended the Manhattan School of Music and the California Institute of the Arts, where became a faculty member in 1982. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the University of California San Diego, where he served as chair of the music department from 2006 to 2009.

At UCSD, Steiger was instrumental in overseeing the planning, development, and building of the music school's acclaimed Conrad Prebys Music Center.

In 2009, he was Visiting Professor in the music department at Harvard University.

As a composer, Steiger first won notice in the 1980s for his work Quintessence. He was a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1987 to 1989, and has had compositions recorded by contemporary classical music ensembles recording for Centaur, CRI, Crystal, New Albion, and New World. His work often features elements of computer music and digital manipulation alongside traditional orchestral forces.

Steiger was the founding artistic director and a member of the California EAR Unit.