"You were a huge inspiration for me in my first steps as a composer. Always is a pleasure back to your works and check how they keep being “lonely resonant islands” where to take shelter when one is castaway into the noisy landscape of our century.” Antón Alcalde, Composer, Conductor Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra
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a StormWORLD of...
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of the 3rd Millennium™
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NEW Release, 9 APR 2026:
“The LOST SCORES of Stephen Melillo” Click Here!
27 JAN 2026- 33rd Anniversary: For STORMAficionados, I have prepared my usual “Touchstone” gift, but with some new additions. All can be printed to Tabloid. Enjoy & Godspeed! S. 33rd Anniversary Touchstone Gift in PDF.
After confirming with adjudicators the non-template authenticity of these words, I send respectful gratitude for the sentiments, unique wording, and recognition offered IN A CATEGORY that did NOT YET EXIST.
For 2026
An invitation to a prospective Commissioner. Using a theme for Hatënotha’, the heroic Native American mother who appears in the audiobook versions of my Ahab & Death to Moby Dick Love Stories, I would like to create, with you, a piece for Band of the 3rd Millennium™:
“Nunna daul Tsuny”—“the trail where they cried.”
“The Trail of Tears” was a brutal and heartbreaking chapter in American history, when over 60,000 Native Americans—primarily Cherokee, but also Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw—were forcibly removed from their ancestral lands between 1830 and 1850. Families were torn apart. Thousands died from starvation, disease, and exhaustion on the treacherous journey west to what is now Oklahoma. The Cherokee called it “Nunna daul Tsuny”—“the trail where they cried.” Mothers buried children along the roadside. Elders collapsed in silence. A people who had farmed, governed, and lived peacefully were marched in chains across frozen rivers and scorched plains.
The Trail of Tears is not just a tragedy of the past. Deep scars remain. For a dedicated and mature ensemble, this commission will become an offering of healing and recognition. If this sounds compelling, please feel free to contact me. Godspeed! S
Discover STORMWORKS Chapter 89: Worlds Within the World
recorded Live in Luxembourg , with these links:
STORMWORKS Chapter 89: Worlds Within the World:
135 Minutes of New Concert Music, Intro & Underscore.
Libretto (art in itself)
To own the album: STORMTracks
Score info & ordering: Chapter 89
Enjoy & Godspeed! S
YouTube GO LIVE link: https://youtu.be/bWn16LnixHI
THE DAY THAT MUSIC DIED (YouTube Video)
From “Last World Standing” Heroes of Peace
By © Stephen Melillo, IGNA 2006
HOLODMOR, a Film (on Vimeo)
WARNING: Uses graphic, archival photographs from the 1933 Ukrainian Holodomor.
Cindy Paulos interviews Stephen Melillo,
Composer of "Beyond Courage, Kakehashi: THAT WE MIGHT LIVE".
Beginning in 1988, Stephen Melillo was the first Composer to pioneer self-publishing for Music Education, and in 1992, send EPS via modem to Norway. Stephen was also the first Composer to send PDF Music worldwide in 1996.
For a complete list of "Firsts" click here:
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STORMWORKS, a complete compilation Playlist on SPOTIFY here.
Visit Stephen's Novels at his Amazon Author Page
Symphony IIII: Lightfall (the band version) premiered in España on 20 August 2022, Saül Gomez-Soler conducting La Armonica de Buñol. Watch an amazing video in an amazing place with amazing Musicians, Conductor, and Audience, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKcoaw-2mlE
Symphony IIII: Lightfall, was nominated for the Pulitzer and Nemmers Prize in Music. Winner of three 2009 Telly & Ava Awards for his 2005 Visualized Concert, Kakehashi: THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, Stephen's concert-version was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music.
"What has made these nominations meaningful to me were the people who nominated them. (I did not submit them.) TWML was nominated by a Veteran and a Filmmaker. Symphony IIII was nominated by Maestro Gerhardt Zimmermann and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. HOLODOMOR was nominated by Forza Urcaina in Italy. These works will long stand as testaments to those who nominated them and more importantly, to those for whom these works are offered in Tribute. Godspeed!"
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“Melillo is to wind music what Beethoven was to the symphony orchestra, and he follows a Beethovenesque design of increasing the musical tension almost to the breaking point, receding, and then reaching again. It is superlative musical craftsmanship and inspiring to hear.” Marvin Sosna, Music Critic
“His S-MATRIX Symphony was fabulous, full of childlike wonderment as the composer intended and marvelous sounds. And they worked to maximum effect — a brilliant, original use of orchestral resources for a sophisticated, sensational, beautiful and satisfying experience.” Nancy R. Ping-Robbins, Music Critic
“...a new voice in the direction of music, his sound – a bridge between the serious and the immediately visceral.” Maestro Gerhardt Zimmerman, Conductor
“If you want to know what the human spirit really is, you must, Yes - Must come to the Z tonight to hear a phenomenal world premiere that will put tears in your eyes. Symphony No. IIII by Stephen Melillo is a very powerful work. I am not embarrassed to admit that when I saw the score for the first time, I was in tears. What a powerful and moving work. It was commissioned by the Canton Symphony Orchestra for the 25th anniversary of the ADA (American Disabilities Act). Your soul will be opened." Maestro Gerhardt Zimmerman, Conductor
“...his ability to create a mood, find precisely the right touch of drama and create the needed effect was manifest... the sustained chords in the choir, the timpani’s roar, the harp’s glissandos. Melillo used them all with a sense of absolute rightness and the result was fresh, joyful and exciting... each measure scored with an unerring ear for drama and emotion.” John S. Sweeney, Music Critic
“He could become the Leonard Bernstein of this age... Everything he creates has many layers, ranging from synchronicity to the significance of numbers, from visceral emotions to the brotherhood of mankind.” John S. Sweeney, Music Critic