Also... check out NIGHT of the SHOOTING STAR, for Young Band!

Reviews:

"Dear Steve, I never had the chance to talk to you about Last world Standing. I have played your “Last World Standing” three times in the last week. What Brilliance… what work… a true masterpiece and the work of a musical genius!" Tom Walsh, Executive Producer, EnterAktion Studios

"Dear Stephen! Great, wunderbar!! It´s a special sample of very emotional music. It´s very extraordinary!! I guess thats a new step in instrumentation and arrangement of your great works, but each composition is typical for "Stephen Melillo"!!  Very deaply sound, the track with Martin Kiener sounds like an Symphony Orchestra. Sorry, I´m not able to describe it in english, but this CD takes the Concert Band Music in a new dimension. In my opinion, the great bands and band directors like this music and the people in the concert halls would be touched by such wunderfull music all over the world!!!!! Godspeed" P.S. The Beginning of our last concert with SBO Ried an 26.10. was with your opus 1... and now, it is on Chapter 13. That`s great of you, to give your first, wunderfull work to your new CD!! Gerhard Reischel, Conductor Landesmusikschule Leonding, Austria

"I have just listened to the new Stephen Melillo, Stormworks Chapter 13: Whispers on the Wind CD. It is without doubt one of the most exciting band works I have ever heard. Stephen Melillo, with his super talent, is in a class by himself and years ahead in this creative world of music. His is definitely on the cutting edge in the future of music." Dr. John M. Long, Distinguished Professor of Music, Dean Emeritus, Troy University

"Composer Melillo is gifted and blessed with a God-given talent he gives and shares with the world. When one listens to his music, an intense spiritual statement immerses one into his beautiful world of musical expression. Melillo’s compositions are different from all other composers! Immediately one is captivated by the depth and soul of his craft. I encourage you to listen and view his “Last World Standing.” This is a monumental piece of music that delivers a most profound musical experience about our life and the wars that we have lived through. Thank you Steve for the massive contributions you are making to our musical world." Edward S. Lisk, Clinician, Conductor, Author

"I just finished my first listening to the Chapter 13 CD and have to say Bravo!  It is exciting to hear such a variety of expressive sounds from the wind ensemble.  You don’t hear this music from the BOX Publishers! Your continued integration of technology and multi-media is tremendous and once again places STORMWORKS ahead of the publishers on truly new expressions of an advancing art form! The expressive nature of your music is TIMELESS and needed now more than ever!  As research shows, today’s students are becoming more disengaged from our art form and your music offers a real connection to our students. Finally, the quality of the recording is great!  I love the Decca Tree recording style.  It  truly captures the LIVE sound. Again Bravo on a job well done!  Keep leading the way!" David Knott, Instrumental Music Education, Catherine Hall - Milton Hershey School

"When listening to the musical works of Stephen Melillo on the Chapter 13 CD, one can't help but feel like they are reading the diary of the composer and performers.  With each new piece there is more revealed ihat lets the listener share in the thoughts, hopes, fears, and dreams of the musicians involved.  After reading the digital libretto, this feeling was magnified tremendously.   There are many moments on the CD where the emotion and excitement of the performance is truly palpable. Great music has a way of transforming the musician that performs it. I would guess that countless musicians were, and will continue to be, transformed through Stephen's music."  Scott Hensil, CB South and CB West H.S. Director Of Orchestras, PA

"This music navigates its way into a person's soul in a most succinct and profound manner. One becomes drenched in the vivid emotional imagery that radiates from this recording. It tugs at your heartstrings and it challenges your conscience. You'll begin a new musical journey in a new dimension, a new time. You will never be the same." -Thomas Reynolds, Music Director, Harvard, MA Public Schools, Conductor MIT Concert Band, Cambridge, MA

"In Einem Anderen Licht is going very well with the members of Concert Ensemble. They are going past the printed page which music is all about. I asked each student to describe your work in one word.

Responses were:

Fierce
Amazing
Powerful
Heroic
Intense
Whirlwind
Exciting
Emotional
Poetic
Awesome

Thanks," Joe Filio, Liverpool HS