Biography

“Welsh composer Stephen Goss draws on a variety of sources for his eminently listenable music. Despite the eclectic nature of his influences, which range from Beethoven’s late piano music to the films of former Python Terry Gilliam, Goss’s musical language comes across as brilliantly integrated.”

International Record Review

Steve’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year and has been recorded on over 50 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, Decca, Telarc, Virgin Classics, Naxos, Mercury Classics and Deutsche Grammophon. Recent commissions have come from: guitarists John Williams, David Russell and Xuefei Yang, cellist Natalie Clein, flautist William Bennett, and The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Steve’s Albéniz Concerto (2009) for guitar and orchestra was released to great critical acclaim on EMI Classics in November 2010. His collaborative project with Prof. Charles Jencks, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (2005), for violin, cello, bass clarinet and piano, was profiled on The South Bank Show on ITV1. Five of Steve’s arrangements feature on Miloš Karadaglić’s new album Latino, which has occupied one of the top two positions in the Classical charts since its release in June 2012.

Projects for 2012 included; a new guitar concerto for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, works for guitarist John Williams (City of London Festival), violinist Nicola Benedetti, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and a piano concerto for Emmanuel Despax. This season he is composer-in-residence for the Orpheus Sinfonia. In 2013, John Williams will be recording Steve’s Guitar Concerto (2012), The Flower of Cities (2012) and Marylebone Elegy (2012). In 2014 John will be performing Steve’s Guitar Concerto in Australia, America and throughout the UK.

Stephen Goss studied at the Royal Academy of Music (where he won the Julian Bream Prize) and the Universities of Bristol and London (where he completed his doctorate). His composition teachers were Edward Gregson, Robert Saxton, Peter Dickinson and Anthony Payne, and he studied guitar with Michael Lewin.

After six years on the staff at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Steve is now Professor of Music and Head of Composition at the University of Surrey, and a Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is an Arsenal season ticket holder.

For full details of forthcoming performances, sample scores, soundfiles, programme notes and the latest news, please visit Stephen Goss's website. 

Website: www.stephengoss.net

Research Interests

• Composition
• Music of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries
• Performance Practices in 20th and 21st Century music
• Guitar history and repertoire
• Pluralism in music

Publications

Compositions 

Programme notes, audio clips and details of forthcoming performances and recordings can be found at www.stephengoss.net

The Flower of Cities (2012)
for violin, 2 guitars, percussion and double bass, 26 mins

        Commissioned by John Williams for the City of London Festival

Songs of the Solar System (2012)
for SSA choir and harp, 16 mins 

        Commissioned by The National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Guitar Concerto (2012)
for guitar and orchestra, 25 mins

        Commissioned by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Piano Cycle (2012)
for piano, 12 mins

        Commissioned by Anthony Hewitt, The Olympianist

Circle Line (2012)
for guitar, 7 mins

        Commissioned by the Guitar Art Festival, Belgrade, Serbia

Marylebone Elegy (2012)
for guitar, 6 mins

        Commissioned by the International Guitar Foundation for the London International Guitar Competition

The Shard (2011)
for large orchestra, 5 mins

        Commissioned by The Kensington Symphony Orchestra

River Winds (2011)
for violin and piano, 12 mins

        Commissioned by Henry Sanger for the Playground Ensemble, Colorado

Caught Between (2011)
for cello and piano, 17 mins

        Commissioned by Thomas Carroll for the Guildford International Music Festival

Mahler Lieder (2011)
for four gutars, 17 mins

        Commissioned by Brno International Guitar Festival

The Sea of the Edge(2010)
for solo flute, 6 mins

Commissioned by Music on the Edge for Susie Hodder-Williams. 

Portraits and Landscapes (2010)
for piano, 10 mins

Commissioned by S.W. Mitchell Capital LLP for Emmanuel Despax (France). First peformances Wigmore Hall, London and Musée de Louvre, Paris, September 2011. 

Northern Lights 
(2010)
for flute, guitar and bass clarinet (doubling C clarinet and soprano sax), 14 mins

Commissioned by Batignano, first performance Throwleigh, Dartmoor, UK, 5th September 2010. 

American Pastoral (2010)
for violin and guitar, 17 mins

Commissioned for Duo46 (USA) by the soundSCAPE festival, Maccagno, Italy, where the first performance took place 22nd July 2010. Score published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-57047-018-1© 2011. 

Still the Sea 
(2009)
for two guitars, 9 mins 



Commissioned by the Baltimore Guitar Society for ChromaDuo (Canada) 

The Autumn Song (2009)
for cello and guitar, 7 mins

Commissioned by the Macau Festival for Natalie Clein and Xuefei Yang (China). First performance, Macau, China, 13th October 2009. UK premiere, Wigmore Hall, London, 3rd February 2010. 

Variations on a Burns Air: Scherzo (2009)
for piano quartet, 2 mins

Commissioned by The Primrose Piano Quartet. First performance 18th October, 2009 Tunbridge Wells Green Room Concerts. CD released on the Meridian label at King's Place, London, 21st February 2010, Meridian Records, CDE 84586 © 2010.

The Albéniz Concerto (2009)
for guitar and orchestra, 28 mins

Commissioned by EMI Classics for Xuefei Yang and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. First UK performance, Shi-Yeon Sung - conductor, Xuefei Yang - guitar, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 24th October 2009. Published by Cadenza Music, study score ISMN 979 0 708057 94 9, set of hire parts ISMN 979-0-708057-92-5, piano reduction ISMN 979-0-708057-95-6 © 2010. CD release October 2010, EMI Classics. 

Rough Music (2009)
for piano and spoken voice, 15 mins, text: Fiona Sampson, music: Stephen Goss

Commissioned by Bobby Chen (Malaysia) with funds from the Guildford International Music Festival. First performance, 22nd March, 2009 Studio One, PATS, Guildford, UK. Score published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-89-5 © 2010, text published by Carcanet, ISBN 978 1 84777 045 5. CD forthcoming 2011

Six Welsh Folk Songs (1991/2008)
for two guitars, or violin and guitar, or voice and guitar, 12 mins

Three new settings commissioned by the Welsh-Argentine Guitar Duo for a tour of Argentina and Uruguay. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-57047-021-1 © 2010. Recorded on Northern Lights, FMR Records © 2011; Voyage to Patagonia WAG Records, Argentina © 2010; Adam Khanand Michael Bochmann, The Barns Records, UK 884502407969 © 2010; we only came to dream, 
Eisteddfod
Records © 2008; and Songs from Britain and America Tantallon Records, TRCD031 © 1993

Cadenza for Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G K216(2008)
for solo violin, 3 mins

Commissioned by Nicola Benedetti. First performance, 9th May 2008, Nottingham Royal Centre, Nottingham, UK Nicola Benedetti, violin, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Navarra - Sarasate arr. Goss (2008)
for two violins, guitar and orchestra, 4 mins

Commissioned by EMI for the Classical BRIT Awards. First performance, 8th May 2008, Royal Albert Hall, London. First broadcast performance, 15th May, ITV1 David Garrett and Valeriy Sokolov, violins, Xuefei Yang, guitar London Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell, conductor. Recorded on The Best of the CLASSICAL BRITs, Various Artists, The BRIT Trust MOS2009TMS1 © 2009

Interludes (2008)
for piano, 32 mins

Commissioned by Graham Caskie with funds from The RC Sherriff Trust. First performance 15th March 2008, Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-77-2 © 2008. Recorded on Préludes and Interludes Cadenza Music CACD1208 © 2008.

El Llanto de los Sueños (the Weeping of Dreams) (2007)
for guitar, 11 mins

Commissioned by David Russell (Spain). First performance, 30th October 2008, King’s Place, London.
Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-708057-78-9 © 2008. Recorded on For David, Telarc International B001RTP3R8 © 2009

The Chinese Garden (2007)
for guitar, 12 mins

Commissioned by Xuefei Yang for China Now 2008. First performance 16th April 2008, Wigmore Hall, London. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-74-1 © 2008. Recorded on 40 Degrees North, EMI Classics, 5099920632229 © 2008.

Japanese Water Garden (2007)
for guitar, 2 mins

Commissioned by the ABRSM for the 2009 guitar grade syllabus. Published by ABRSM Publishing in Time Pieces for Guitar, Book 2 © 2008. Recorded on Guitar exam pieces, complete syllabus from 2009, Grade 4 ISBN: 9781860969539 ABRSM © 2009

from Honey to Ashes (2007)
for flute and guitar, 16 mins

Commissioned by Jennifer Stinton and Richard Hand. First performance: 25th September 2007, Wigmore Hall, London
Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-57047-022-8 © 2009. Recorded on Hidden Tango, Cadenza Music, CACD0907 © 2006

Guildford Life (2007)
for flute, clarinets, recorders, percussion, guitar, bass guitar and piano (25 mins)

A collaboration between Stephen Goss, Gemini and the pupils of Queen Eleanor's jumior school, Guildford. Funded by Arts Council England , the University of Surrey and the Guildford International Music Festival. First performance: 17th March 2007, Electric Theatre, Guildford.

Sonata (2006)
for solo guitar, 15 mins

Commissioned by Michael Partington with funds from the Denver Guitar Society. First performance: 30th September 2006, Denver, Colorado, USA. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN M-708057-75-8 © 2007. Recorded on Frozen Music, Cadenza Music CACD1207 © 2007 and Resonance, Rosewood, Seattle USA, ROSE 1013-CD © 2009

Dark Knights and Holy Fools (2006)
for percussion and guitar, 15 mins

Commissioned by the OgdenTANNER duo with funds from Musica Viva, Australia. First performance: 19th July, 2006, The Llama, Perth, Australia. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-71-0 © 2007. Recorded on Frozen Music, Cadenza Music CACD1207 © 2007

Uneasy Dreams (2006)
for saxophone quartet, 8 mins

Commissioned by the Delta Saxophone Quartet. First performance: 3rd March 2006, at the Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
70th birthday weekend festival. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-57047-023-5 © 2007. Recorded on Uneasy Dreams, FMR DVD 09 © 2010, and Frozen Music, Cadenza Music CACD1207 © 2007 www.uneasydreams.com 

Frozen Music (2005)
for guitar and string trio, 20 mins

Commissioned by the Yehudi Menuhin School , with funds provided by Sir Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones. First performance, 22nd April 2006, in The Menuhin Hall, Surrey. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-76-5 © 2007. Recorded on Frozen Music, Cadenza Music CACD1207 © 2007

Park of Idols (2005)
for cello and guitar, 11 mins

Commissioned by Leonid Gorokhov (Russia) and Richard Hand with funds from the Keele Concert Society. First performance: 9th November 2005, University of Keele. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-53-6 © 2006. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Cadenza Music, CACD0604 © 2006

London Masala (2005)
for clarinets, percussion, guitar, 2 vinas, sitar, 4 violins, 3 tabla players, 3 mridangams and voices,
28 mins

Commissioned by the Gemini Ensemble with funds provided by the Bhavan Institute for Indian Arts and Culture and Arts Council England. First performance: 10th December 2005, Bhavan Institute, West Kensington, London

Drums and Trumpets (2005)
for six trumpets and timpani, 1 min

Commissioned by the University of Surrey for the installation of Professor Christopher M Snowden as Vice-Chancellor of the University. First performance: 28th September 2005, Guildford Cathedral

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (2005)
for violin, cello, bass clarinet and piano, 26 mins

A collaboration with Prof. Charles Jencks, commissioned by Gemini. First performance: 9th March 2005, Guildford International Music Festival. Jencks’ garden and Stephen Goss’ music were featured on an edition of The South Bank Show, broadcast on ITV1 on 3rd April 2005. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-44-4 © 2006. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Cadenza Music, CACD0604 © 2006

The Raw and the Cooked (Le Cru et le Cuit) (2004) 
for two guitar, 15 mins

Commissioned by the Hand-Dupré Duo. First performances given on a tour of South Africa June 2004. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-49-9 © 2004. Recorded by the Hand-Dupré Duo on Songs Without Words, Cadenza Music, CACD0501 © 2005 and by the Albach Duo on The Raw and the Cooked, Crystal Palace Records, CPR 1851 © 2007

Raise the Red Lantern (2004)
for solo guitar, 16 mins

Commissioned by the Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang with funds provided by GSP Records, San Francisco, CA. First performance: 19th April 2004, Wigmore Hall, London. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-32-1 © 2004. Recorded by Xuefei Yang on Si Ji,  GSP1028CD © 2005.

invisible starfall (2003)
for solo piano, 1 min

Commissioned by Clive Williamson as part of a set of one-minute piano pieces with funds from the Guildford International Music Festival. First performance: 28th January 2004, University of Surrey.
Published by Cadenza Music ISMN M-708057-72-7 © 2006. Recorded by Clive Williamson on One Minute Wonders, Cadenza Music, CACD0612 © 2006

Tango: The White Queen (2003)
for violin, bandoneon, guitar, piano and double bass, 5 mins

Commissioned by Tango Volcano. First performance: 29th November 2004, Bolivar Hall, London. Published by Cadenza Music © 2004

Oxen of the Sun (2003)
for ten-string and six-string guitar, 17 mins

Commissioned by Jonathan Leathwood with funds form the Friends of Colorado Music Festival. First performance: 21^st March 2003, Bolivar Hall, Grafton Way, London. First US performance: 8th November 2003, Denver Classical Guitar Society, USA. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN M-708057-54-3 © 2006. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Cadenza Music, CACD0604 © 2006.

Gymnopédies after Erik Satie (2003)
for flute and piano, 7 mins

Commissioned by Dexter Norville (Barbados). First performance: 3rd July 2003, given by Ian Clark at the All Flutes Festival, UK. Published by Cadenza Music © 2006. Recorded by Catherine Handley and Andrew Wilson-Dixon on Ariel, HAL Records HAL004 © 2008

Spin (2003)
for six dancers, flute, soprano saxophone, piano, guitar, sitar, video and electronics, 32 mins

A collaborative work with Tom Armstrong (composer), Jennifer Jackson and Noni Jenkyn-Jones (choreographers), and Deveril (video artist). Funded by Arts Council England. First performance: 8th March 2003, Guildford International Music Festival.

Gnossiennes after Erik Satie (2002)
for four guitars, 12 mins

Commissioned by the TETRA Guitar Quartet with funds from Chameleon Arts. First performance: 7th October 2002, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-29-1 © 2003. Recorded on Carmen, Cadenza, CADCD0460 © 2004

First Milonga, Last Tango (2002)
for flute and guitar, 8 mins

Commissioned by William Bennett and Jonathan Leathwood. First performance: 25th March 2003, Guildford International Music Festival. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-33-8 © 2003. Recorded by Anna Noakes and Richard Hand on First Milonga, Last Tango, quartz music, QTZ2031© 2005

Trumpets and Clocks (2002)
for four trumpets, two trombones and timpani, 2 mins

Commissioned by the University of Surrey to celebrate its 35th anniversary. First performance: 29th May 2002, Surrey Brass, Guildford Cathedral. Published by Tantallon Music © 2002.

an ideal insomnia (2002)
for piano, 11 mins

Commissioned by Graham Caskie. First performance: 19th March 2003, Guildford International Music Festival. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-35-2 © 2003. Recorded on The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Cadenza Music, CACD0604© 2006.

Cottleston Pie (2001)
for unaccompanied choir, SSAATTBB, 9 mins

Commissioned by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. First performance given by the St Bride’s Singers, St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London on March 14th, 2002 as part of the John Armitage Memorial Concert. Published by Tantallon Music © 2003

Lachrymae (2001)
for four guitars, 5 mins

Commissioned by TETRA with funds from the Guildford International Festival. First performance: 21st March 2001, The Electric Theatre, Guildford. First American performance: 12th November 2002, Lamont School of Music Guitar Ensemble, USA. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-30-7 © 2004. Recorded on Carmen, Cadenza, CADCD0460 © 2004.

Tango (2001)
for four dancers, clarinet, accordion, vibraphone, marimba, suspended cymbal and double bass, 5 mins

Commissioned by the Guildford international Music Festival. Choreography by Kate Lawrence. First performance: 3rd March 2001, University of Surrey. Published by Tantallon Music © 2001

Looking Glass Ties (2001)
for solo guitar, 21 mins

Commissioned by Allan Neave with funds from the Dundee International Festival. First performance: 25th July 2002, West Park Centre, Dundee. Selected as a set piece for the First Scottish International Guitar Competition , July 2004. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-31-4 © 2002. Recorded February 2003 for web release www.allanneave.co.uk/mediaclips

silentsailing night
(1999)
for two guitars, 11 mins

Commissioned by EGTA (UK)
First performance: 21^st May 2002, Lamont School of Music, Denver, Colorado USA.
Published by Tantallon Music © 1999

Carmen Fantasy
(1998)
a fantasy, for four guitars, on themes from Bizet’s Carmen, 22 mins

Commissioned by Carlton Home Entertainment
First performance: 4th March 1999, TETRA Guitar Quartet, Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN  979-0-708057-28-4 © 2002. Recorded on Carmen Fantasy, Hallmark, 30368 01352 © 1999 and on
Carmen, Cadenza, CADCD0460 © 2004.

Defying Gravity
(1997)
for high voice and guitar, 13 mins

Commissioned for the wedding of Alan Chadwick and Mary Williams
First performance: 6th September 1997, St Giles' Church Ashtead,
Published by Tantallon Music © 1999

Arcadia
(1996)
for nineteen solo strings, 22 mins

Awarded first prizein the 1999 Surrey Sinfonietta National Composition Competition First performance: 25th April, 1999, Charles Cryer Theatre Carshalton, Surrey
Published by Tantallon Music © 1999.
Recorded on Surrey Sinfonietta, Sinfonietta Records SSCD01 © 1999

E
(1996)
an encore piece for solo guitar, 2 mins

Written for the 80th birthday of Lord Menuhin
First performance: May 1996, the Yehudi Menuhin School, UK.
Published by Tantallon Music © 1996.

Dreamchild
(1994/5)
for soprano and large ensemble, 35 mins
(flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, two trumpets, trombone, two marimbas, vibraphone, celesta, glockenspiel, untuned percussion, harp, piano, and bass guitar)

First performed by Jane Manning and The Dreamchild Ensemble conducted by Roger Redgate, Goldsmiths College Hall, London, 10th June 1997
Published by Tantallon Music © 1995.

One-Nil
(1994)
a fanfare for brass quintet, 2 mins

Commissioned for the wedding of Katy Clark and David Moody
First performed, 18^th July 1994, Swansea, UK
Published by Tantallon Music © 1994.

Glassblower
(1994)
for dancers, soprano saxophone and strings, 10 mins

Choreography by Jane Turner
First performance: 21^st May 1994, Kensington and Chelsea College, London
Published by Tantallon Music © 1994

Tempo of Three Quartered
(1993)
for three eight-part guitar orchestras, 9 mins

Commissioned by the Northumberland International Guitar Festival with funds from Northumberland County Council.
First performance: 6th August 1993, The Queen's Hall, Hexham
Subsequent performances in the US, UK, Portugal, and Germany
Published by Tantallon Music © 1994

Dances
(1992)
for flute and guitar, 10 mins

Commissioned by Tambourin
First performance: 1st July 1993, Guildford Guildhall
Published by Tantallon Music © 1996

The Snowbeast
(1992)
a music drama written by Amanda Brennan, choreography by Jane Turner, with music by Martin Jacklin and Stephen Goss; for symphony orchestra, children’s choir and soloists, 60 mins

Commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
First performance: 16th December 1992, The Great Hall, Kensington, London, given by the Fulham Symphony Orchestra and the Kensington Children's Choir, conducted by Lesley Larkum with dancers and actors from the performing arts courses at Kensington and Chelsea College

Saviour of the World
(1992)
an English anthem for double SATB choir and organ, 6 mins

Commissioned by the Ashtead Singers
First performance: 13th September 1992, Leatherhead Parish Church
Published by Tantallon Music © 1992

Three Welsh Folksongs
(1991)
for voice and guitar, 7 mins

Commissioned by Live Music Now! Wales.
First performance: 16th July 1991, Chichester Festivities, UK. Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-57047-021-1 © 2010. Recorded on Northern Lights, FMR Records © 2011; Voyage to Patagonia WAG Records, Argentina © 2010; Adam Khan and Michael Bochmann, The Barns Records, UK 884502407969 © 2010; we only came to dream, 
Eisteddfod
Records © 2008; and Songs from Britain and America Tantallon Records, TRCD031 © 1993

Under Milk Wood Songs
(1990)
for soprano and guitar, 11 mins

Commissioned by the Dylan Thomas Society of Great Britain
First performance: October 1990, Swansea Festival.
Subsequent performances in UK, USA, Italy, Holland, Brunei, Japan and Malaysia Published by Cadenza Music ISMN 979-0-708057-34-5 © 2002
Recorded on Songs from Britain and America, Tantallon, CD 31 © 1993 and Frozen Music, Cadenza Music CACD1207 © 2007

Under Milk Wood Variations
(1989)
for narrator and four guitars, 14 mins

Commissioned with funds from the Dylan Thomas Society of Great Britain.
First performance: 24th Ferbruary, 1990, St John's, Smith Square, London, TETRA.
Published by Editions Orphée, Ohio, USA ISBN 936186-63-1 © 2009.
Recorded on TETRA, Tantallon Records CDDB2 © 1991

Six Inventions (1986)
for solo cello, 8 mins

Commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers’ Festival.
First performance: 23rd October 1986, The Royal Court Theatre, London
given by Sian Bell.
Published by Tantallon Music © 1986.

Hymnen an die Nacht
(1985)
an orchestral song-cycle for solo mezzo-soprano and solo baritone, 17 mins

Commissioned by the Iaspis Chamber Orchestra
First performance: 17th December 1985, St John's, Smith Square, London conducted by Nikolas Mikolakis,
Published by Tantallon Music © 1986

Journal Articles

The Albéniz Concerto
Cover article in Classical Guitar Magazine, January 2011, 6pp (Ashley Mark, Blaydon on Tyne)



Uneasy Dreams: compositional process in the music of Stephen Goss
Filmed interview 60 mins (Kingston University, FMR DVD004-0310, June 2009)

To-ing and Fro-ing: collaboration in the music of Stephen Goss

Cover article and extended interview by Colin Cooper in Classical Guitar Magazine, May and June 2008, 12pp (Ashley Mark, Blaydon on Tyne)



The Society of Influences
Cover Article New Notes, March 2005, 4pp (Journal of the Society for the Promotion of New Music, London)


Contemporary Composers: Stephen Goss                        
Interview feature in Classical Guitar Magazine February 2004, 8pp (Ashley Mark, Blaydon on Tyne)



Come Heavy Sleep: motive and metaphor in Britten's Nocturnal for Guitar Op. 70
Guitar Forum 1, 24pp, (EGTA, UK, September 2001)
Refereed Journal www.egta.co.uk/content/egta_forum


The guitar and the musical canon: myths of tradition and heritage in concert repertoire and didactic methodology             
The Journal of the European Guitar Teachers' Association, 6pp, (EGTA, UK, July 2000).
Refereed Journal also published on-line www.egta.co.uk/content/goss


Supporting skills for guitarists
Course units for Reading University’s Music Teaching in Private Practice postgraduate diploma course and MA in Music Education, 33 pp (Reading University Press, 1997) 

Innovations in Post-1970 European Guitar Composition
MMus dissertation published in Classical Guitar Magazine in monthly instalments from October 1989 to January 1990 under the serial title Innovations, 23 pp (Ashley Mark, Blaydon on Tyne, 1989&1990)


Guitar Grade Exams
Co-author (with three other writers) of EGTA’s report and recommendation for the modernisation of guitar grade exams, 35 pp (EGTA, UK, 1993)

Selected conference papers and invited lectures

Rhetoric and Melancholy in Britten’s guitar music
Keynote lecture: Iserlohn Guitar Symposium (Iserlohn, Germany, August 2010)

Has Modernism had its day?
Keynote paper: soundSCAPE festival (Maccagno, Italy, July 2010)

Preludes and Interludes
Invited paper (Royal Academy of Music, London, May 2010)

Processes in Music-Making Research Group, PiMMReg: an introduction
Conference: The Collaborative Process (University of York, March 2010)

The Collaborative Process in the music of Stephen Goss
Invited lecture (Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA, February 2010)

Songs without words: setting poetry in music
Colloquium, invited paper (King’s College, University of London, December 2009)

Songs without words: setting poetry in music
Artist-in-residence lecture (Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 2009)

The Music of Stephen Goss
Artist-in-residence lecture (Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 2009)

Bach on the Guitar
Invited lecture (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, November 2008)

Songs without words: setting poetry in music
Invited lecture: Beyond the Lyric (University of Warwick, November 2008)

Collaboration and Creativity: The evolution of a new work
Guitar Foundation of America Convention (San Francisco Conservatory, California, USA, August 2008)

Oxen of the Sun: Reflections on the Collaborative Process
Invited lecture (Cleveland Institute of Music, Ohio, USA, March 2008)

Oxen of the Sun: Reflections on the Collaborative Process
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2008)

Improvisation and the Creative Process
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, February 2008)

The Collaborative Process in the music of Stephen Goss
Invited lecture (Cornish College, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 2008)

The Collaborative Process in the music of Stephen Goss
Invited lecture (University of Washinton, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 2008)

Frozen in Time: notes from the margin
Invited lecture (California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 2008)

The Collaborative Process in the music of Stephen Goss
Invited lecture (California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 2008)

Frozen in Time: notes from the margin
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, January 2009)

Guitar Masterclass
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, January 2009)

Composition Seminar: British Music since 2000
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, January 2009)

Britten and the Guitar
Invited lecture (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, November 2007)

Collaboration, experimentation and improvisation in notated concert music
Fifth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900 (University of York, July 2007)


Frozen in time, notes from the margin: the composer in contemporary culture
Guildford International Music Festival (University of Surrey, March 2007)

The music of Stephen Goss: lecture and masterclass
(Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf , Germany, November 2006)

Sonata for solo guitar: a lecture recital with Michael Partington (University of Washington) 
(Royal College of Music, University of London, November 2006) 


The Anxiety of Affluence: the music of Ades, Nyman and Benjamin
(Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, November 2006)

Collaboration and Urtext: notions of the ‘original score’ in new music
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, October 2006)

Intertextuality in the music of Stephen Goss: composition department research seminar
(University of Denver, Colorado, USA, October 2006)

Keynote Paper:The Guitar in Mozart and Mozart on the Guitar
14. Internationales Pfingstseminar (University of Koblenz, Germany, June 2006)

Post-modern or Post-mortem: intertextuality in new music
(University of Keele, November 2005)

Round Table: Marketing New Music: From Assimilation to Affiliation?
Nicholas Reyland (London Sinfonietta, Keele University - chair) Karen Cardy (Marketing Manager, London Symphony Orchestra) John Fosbrook (Promotion Manager, Chester Music/Novello & Co., formerly SPNM) Stephen Goss (Composer and guitarist, University of Surrey) Gillian Moore (Artistic Director, London Sinfonietta) Keith Potter (The Independent , Goldsmiths College)
Philip Tagney (Senior Producer BBC Radio 3, responsible for new music); The Fourth Biennial International Conference on Music Since 1900 (University of Sussex, August 2005)

Keynote Paper: Composing in the Society of Influences
Second Mtpp Research Conference on Music Teaching and Learning 'Musical Creativity' Reading University International Centre for Research in Music Education (University of Reading, July 2005)

Keynote Paper:Idiom versus Imagination
13. Internationales Pfingstseminar (University of Koblenz, Germany, May 2005)

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Guildford International Music Festival (University of Surrey, March 2005)

an ideal insomnia: Mahler and Alter Klang
Public Lecture (Royal Academy of Music, University of London, January 2005)

Keynote Paper: The recent guitar music of Stephen Goss
Dundee International Guitar Festival (Caird Hall, Dundee, July 2004)

The guitar in music education: an introduction
First Mtpp Research Conference on Music Teaching and Learning, Reading University International Centre for Research in Music Education (University of Reading, July 2004)

New Music for Guitar: latest techniques and trends
composition department lecture-recital (Royal Academy of Music, University of London, November 2003)

an ideal insomnia: assimilating borrowed materials
(University of Surrey, December 2002)

Keynote Paper: The Guitar and the Musical Canon: The myths of tradition and heritage in concert repertoire and didactic methodology
3rd EGTA International Congress 'The Teacher as Composer, The Composer as Teacher' (Girton College, Cambridge, July 2000) 


Educational Music

Russian Winter Song for two guitars (2003)
Steamin' and A-Rollin' for two guitars
Scarborough Fair for four guitars
Haunted House for two guitars
Robin Hood for three guitars
The Glassblower for four guitars
Gymnopedie No.1 for four guitars
The Eeyore Blues for three guitars
Claret and Blues for four guitars
Summerhouse Waltz for two guitars
Mexican Party at Sun Down for four guitars

Commissioned by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for the 'Music Medals' examination syllabus. Published by ABRSM Publishing © 2004

Milonga for two guitars (1999)

Commissioned by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for their 1999 guitar examination syllabus
Published by GSMD © 1999.

Three Ghosts (1994)
A Sad Waltz
Lydian Waves
Aeolian Harp
Roundabout blue
Dunbar Drones
Chant
Carillon all for solo guitar (1994)
Gamelan for two guitars (1994)

Commissioned for the 1997 Associated Board guitar syllabus.
Published by Chanterelle Verlag, Ehidelberg, Germany ECH 2101, 2102, 2103, 2205, and 2206 © 1995

Arrangements 

Silent Night and Away in a Manger (1996)            
arranged for solo treble, choir and guitar, 5 mins

Broadcast on Radios 2, 3 and 4, BBC2, ITV and GMTV. Recorded by Anthony Way and the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral on The Choirboy's Christmas (Decca 455 050-2 © 1996)

Vivaldi: ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons and Concerto in D, RV.93 (1996)
arranged for four guitars, 13 mins

                Broadcast on BBC Radios 2 and 3 and Classic FM. 
                Recorded by TETRA on The Four Seasons (Carlton Classics 30366 000692 © 1997)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappriccio Espagnol (1992)
arranged for four guitars, 18 mins

                Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM
                Recorded by TETRA on Carmen Fantasy (Hallmark Music 30368 01352 © 1999)

Walton: Façade (1990)           
Weill: Songs from the Threepenny Opera (1990)           
Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kije (1990)           
arranged for four guitars, 46 mins                                                  

                Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. Recorded by TETRA on By Arrangement (Conifer CDCF 903 © 1993)

Ives: Memories, In the Alley, The Side Show, The Circus Band (1989)                
Britten: Folksongs (1989)                                                           
arranged for voice and guitar, 25 mins                                               

Recorded by Jenevora Williams and Stephen Goss on Songs from Britain and America (Tantallon records CD 31 © 1993)

Discography as a Performer 

ABRSM Guitar Exam Pieces(4 CDs)
Complete ABRSM syllabus of guitar music for grades 1 to 4, Stephen Goss, guitar (ABRSM, ISBN 978-1-86096-950-8, ISBN 978-1-86096-951-5, ISBN 978-1-86096-952-2, ISBN 978-1-86096-953-5, © 2008)

Ave Maris Stella
The Chamber Music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, The Gemini Ensemble
(Metier Records, MSV 28503 © 2008)

Frozen Music
The Music of Stephen Goss, Various Artists (Cadenza Music, CACD1207 © 2007)

Watersmeet 
The Music of Stephen Dodgson, Various Artists (Cadenza Music, CACD0603 © 2006)

The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album II
Various Artists (Decca 000535502 © 2005)

Carmen                                                                                                                   
TETRA Guitar Quartet (Cadenza Music, CADCD0460 © 2004)

Stephen Dodgson: The Selevan Story
The St Levan Ensemble (ESG Records, ESGCD01 © 1999)

Carmen Fantasy                                                                                                         
TETRA Guitar Quartet (Hallmark Music, 30368 01532 © 1999)

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
TETRA Guitar Quartet (Carlton Classics, 30366 000692 © 1997)

‘Red Leaves’, music by Lutyens and Saxton
The Brunel Ensemble (Cala Records, CACD77005 © 1996)

The Choirboy’s Christmas
with Anthony Way and the St Paul's Cathedral Choir (Decca, 455 050-2 ©1996)

Conifer Classics – The First Ten Years
Various Artists (Conifer, CDCF 706 © 1994)

By Arrangement
TETRA Guitar quartet (Conifer Records, CDCF903 © 1993)

Songs from Britain and America
Jenevora Williams – soprano, Stephen Goss – guitar (Tantallon Records, TRCD031 © 1993)

TETRA
TETRA Guitar Quartet (Tantallon Records, CDDB2 © 1991)

Teaching

• HE2 Composition
• HE3 Composition
• HE3 Pluralism in Western Music
• HE3 Early 19th Century Studies
• MMus Composition
• MMus Research Seminar: Theory and Methods
• PhD supervision (currently 9 students)

Departmental Duties

• Head of Composition
• MSR Website