Steven Schick has punctuated his life with dramatic career choices. Raised on an Iowa farm, he switched from pre-med in college to study the then-almost-nonexistent field of solo percussion. Success ...

What do Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren have in common with acclaimed percussion master, orchestral conductor and University of California San Diego music professor Steven Schick, a ...

Steven Schick had good reason to think he was being pranked when told he was the 2020 recipient of Columbia University’s prestigious Ditson Conductor’s Award, whose previous recipients include such ...

It’s a slogan known well in contemporary music circles. Wednesday evening at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium, Steven Schick presided over an unusual American performance of Pierre Boulez’s ...

The Lone Ranger rode once again Saturday evening, courtesy of conductor Steven Schick and the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. Their season-opening concert at Mandeville Auditorium, on the University of ...

For percussionist Steven Schick, performing on household objects is just another day at work. He’s stroked ceramic flower pots and struck wood planks, even used his own body as an instrument. On ...

We're listening to new or notable music from San Diego musicians Nonexistent Night, Tasha Smith Godinez, Cali the Dreamer and Steven Schick, and touring Americana singer Margo Cilker. San Diego ...

The notion of return was prominent in Saturday’s concert by the La Jolla Symphony. Steven Schick came back to the podium in UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium, his first official appearance as Music ...

Before he was the music director for the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Steven Schick was a UC San Diego music professor who volunteered for conducting duty, despite having no conducting experience. And ...

What do Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren have in common with acclaimed percussion master, orchestral conductor and UC San Diego music professor Steven Schick, a 2014 percussion Hall of ...

Before he was the music director for the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Steven Schick was a UC San Diego music professor who volunteered for conducting duty, despite having no conducting experience. And ...