Be sure to read the score notes from LAST WORLD STANDING, a part of the Chapter 13 Digital Libretti for a nicely condensed History of the Music-making.

Dear Conductor, Musician, Music Student, Friend...

STORMWORKS is an interrelated system of compositions and teaching tools by Stephen Melillo.

The STORMWORKS Story, itself, is the stuff of Romance and Adventure, the kind that should be scored! It is the real-to-life story of an out-of-the-loop David. It is also a story about a Love and a Passion for Music and Music Education.

In 1990, I was teaching, if you can imagine the ironic coincidence... (henceforth known as a SYNC) "The Internet" at NYU. This course for New York City School Teachers was offered in conjunction with the implementation of the MIDI-Music-Science-Math Curriculum: Ways of Knowing.

(You can check that out under Teaching Tools later.)

In 1990, after already having spent 11 years seeking publication, I set out to validate my instincts about what directors wanted and needed. In 1992-1993; I began an experiment in the American Dream.

From that Dream, STORMWORKS was born.

I sent one piece to one band.

By pre-internet word-of-mouth and with only 4 ads placed in 7 years, STORMWORKS, evolving from handwritten Music to PDF, has now enjoyed thousands of worldwide renderings, and is now in 28 countries! By that, I mean, there are STORMWORKS Representatives selling Music in those countries.

STORMWORKS Music is rendered by the world's finest ensembles, and by professional and educational musical groups that are led by thousands of international conductors who were, and who still are in search of Music motivated by something other than a "market".

Since 1992, STORMWORKS has brought Music and Teaching strategies DIRECTLY to Conductors, Music Educators and Aficionados, without the need for 3rd party intervention; an innovation that foreshadowed today's rapidly changing technologies. Utilizing the most recent technological systems available, it was and remains a model for the pioneering spirit that is the essence of all STORMWORKS Music and Teaching Tools.

In 1994, an unofficial website was launched by an individual inspired by a concert of Stormworks Music. He called the site STORMWorld, a most prophetic choice.

The most important thing about STORMWORKS, the reason for its success, and the reason it continues to thrive in a swiftly changing world, resides in simple things:

You can HEAR the Music. You can SEE the music. We can talk. We can face the adventure of Music-making together. I'm here for you - to work with you and support you as You strive to create the Musical world of the Future.

STORMWORKS, is represented world-wide and has enjoyed much success in Japan, Germany, Italia, Europe, China, Taiwan, Singapore and many other countries and yet, it is only just beginning! It's ground-breaking use of Orchestration in support of Music and Music Education is still in the stages of ever changing reinvention and discovery.

For these reasons, and much more, this Music is here for us to unveil and explore Together. It is baked fresh daily. Always in print, (full orchestrations can be yours in minutes!) and always being created, it pushes the boundaries of our expectations and hopes for Musical Ensembles of the 3rd Millennium™.

Godspeed! Steve

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