# Steven Mead
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{{Short description|English euphonist (born 1962)}}
{{infobox musical artist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Bournemouth](/source/Bournemouth), [England](/source/England)
| image = Nuotauka.jpg
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| instrument = Euphonium
| occupation = Soloist, virtuoso, teacher
| genre = Classical
| associated_acts = Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
[Trondheim Symphony Orchestra](/source/Trondheim_Symphony_Orchestra)
[Helsinki Philharmonic](/source/Helsinki_Philharmonic)
[Capella Cracoviensis](/source/Capella_Cracoviensis)
[Minneapolis Pops Orchestra](/source/Minneapolis_Pops_Orchestra)
Japan Chamber Orchestra
| spouse = {{marriage|Misa Mead|2014}}
}}
'''Steven Mead''' (born 26 February 1962) is an [English](/source/English_people) [virtuoso](/source/virtuoso) [euphonium](/source/euphonium) soloist and teacher.
==Biography==
Mead has played an important role in achieving worldwide recognition of the instrument.[Roy Newsome, ''The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&pg=PA338&dq=%22Steven+Mead%22+euphonium&sig=ACfU3U0H0yiDfU1-jDURPV30MjJ6CAJelQ#PPA252,M1 252]. {{ISBN|0-7546-0717-8}}.][Peter Spaull, [http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0300whatson/1000classicalmusic/2003/03/28/blowing-in-the-wind-my-friends-50020-12785153/ "Blowing in the wind my friends"], ''[Liverpool Daily Post](/source/Liverpool_Daily_Post)'', March 28, 2003. Accessed 10 September 2008.][Martin Stote, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021114706/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60545729.html "Euphonium euphoria as BBC makes ban U-turn"], ''[Birmingham Post](/source/Birmingham_Post)'', March 25, 1999. Accessed via subscription 10 September 2008.] He has played solo concertos with many symphony orchestras, including: the [Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Stuttgart_Philharmonic_Orchestra), the [Trondheim Symphony Orchestra](/source/Trondheim_Symphony_Orchestra), [Lahti Symphony Orchestra](/source/Lahti_Symphony_Orchestra) and [Helsinki Philharmonic](/source/Helsinki_Philharmonic), [Capella Cracoviensis](/source/Capella_Cracoviensis), the [Minneapolis Pops Orchestra](/source/Minneapolis_Pops_Orchestra) and the [Japan Chamber Orchestra](/source/Japan_Chamber_Orchestra). He has premiered works by [Martin Ellerby](/source/Martin_Ellerby), [Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen](/source/Torstein_Aagaard-Nilsen), [Vladimir Cosma](/source/Vladimir_Cosma), [Goff Richards](/source/Goff_Richards), John Reeman, Rolf Rudin and [Philip Sparke](/source/Philip_Sparke), amongst others. Goff Richards' ''Pilatus'', Aagaard-Nilsen's ''Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra'', Reeman's ''Sonata for Euphonium'' and Ellerby's ''Euphonium Concerto'' were all written expressly for Mead.[[http://www.torsteinaagaardnilsen.no/music/concerto_for_euphonium_and_orchestra.html Notes on ''Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra'']{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} on the official web site of Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen.][Lloyd Bone, Eric Paull, R. Winston Morris, ''Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire: The Euphonium Source Book'', Indiana University Press, 2007, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=y7UWPZNqmXYC&pg=PA60&vq=%22written+for+Steven+Mead%22&dq=%22Mead,+Steven%22+euphonium&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0dZJ1g0PMqopn-TuThJ04P1gmf2g#PPA60,M1 60] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=y7UWPZNqmXYC&pg=PA60&vq=%22written+for+Steven+Mead%22&dq=%22Mead,+Steven%22+euphonium&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0dZJ1g0PMqopn-TuThJ04P1gmf2g#PPA132,M1 132]. {{ISBN|0-253-34811-0}}][Roy Newsome, ''The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium'', Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&pg=PA338&dq=%22Steven+Mead%22+euphonium&sig=ACfU3U0H0yiDfU1-jDURPV30MjJ6CAJelQ#PPA367,M1 367].]
He is married to Misa Mead ({{née}} Akahoshi) who is also a renowned euphonium soloist, additionally active as a freelance composer and orchestrator.[{{Cite web|author=Denis Wick Products |title=Misa Mead |date=14 February 2019 |url=https://www.deniswick.com/artist/misa-mead}}]
==Selected recordings==
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*[Joseph Horovitz](/source/Joseph_Horovitz): ''Four Concertos''
:Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Soloists: Andrew Haveron (violin), Steven Mead (euphonium), [David Owen Norris](/source/David_Owen_Norris) (piano); Conductor Joseph Horovitz; Label: Dutton Epoch.
*''Concertino''
:Ensemble: The Lillestrøm Musikkorps; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: Gert Buitenhuis; Label: Polyphonic.
*''Euphonium Virtuoso''
:Ensemble: Brass Band Buizingen; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: Luc Vertommen; Label: Bocchino.
*''Dreamscapes: Wind Music by [Ellerby](/source/Martin_Ellerby), Clarke & [Josephs](/source/Wilfred_Josephs)''
:Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra; Soloist: Steven Mead (euphonium); Conductor: [James Gourlay](/source/James_Gourlay); Label: Polyphonic.
*''Audacious''
:Soloist: Steven Mead; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino.
*''[Robert Groslot](/source/Robert_Groslot) conducts his concertos''
: Ensemble: [Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides](/source/Royal_Band_of_the_Belgian_Guides); Conductor: [Robert Groslot](/source/Robert_Groslot); Soloists: Steven Mead (Euphonium), [Norbert Nozy](/source/Norbert_Nozy) (Saxophone), [Peter Verhoyen](/source/Peter_Verhoyen) (Piccolo), Carlo Willems (Marimba), Vlad Weverbergh (Clarinet); Label: Groslot-Music Records GM 1301 (2013)
*''Fandango'', released 1 June 2011; Accompanied by Tomoko Sawano, piano; Label: Bocchino.
==References==
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*Rachel Dunlap, [http://media.www.spectatornews.com/media/storage/paper218/news/2001/01/25/Spotlight/Mead-To.Perform.WorldClass.Talents.On.Obscure.Brass.Instrument-21687.shtml Mead to perform world-class talents on obscure brass instrument]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Spectator Eau Claire'', January 25, 2001. Accessed 10 September 2008.
*Ronald Holz, [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128192645/http://www.nabbabridge.org/bridge/bridge_101_2006_10_low.pdf Review: ''Euphonium Virtuoso'' (Bocchino CD BOCC107)], ''The Brass Band Bridge'', North American Brass Band Association, Issue 101, October 2006. pp. 21–22. Accessed 10 September 2008.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216152612/http://www.besson.com/en/artists.php?mode=artistPresentation&aid=95&referer=P2FjdGlvbj1zZWFyY2gmY2lkPTkmYXJ0aXN0X25hbWU9bWVhZA== Steven Mead biography] on the [Besson](/source/Besson_(music_company)) company web site. Accessed 10 September 2008.
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.euphonium.net|Steven Mead's official website}}
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Category:English classical musicians
Category:Euphonium players
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Bournemouth
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