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STORMLore: The beginning!

At the Boston Conservatory, the requirement for graduation was simple: play a trumpet recital. But for me, that wasn’t enough. I couldn’t stand in front of others as a Teacher or as a conductor unless I first…

The 1st of November needs a special STORMLog entry.  Let’s call it “Trial by Storm vs. Genius.”

Because it’s potentially meaningful to Composers and Music Educators, I’d like to share… or rather confess… my first experiences with writing.  This…

With one foot here and the other firmly planted in Eternity, Ed Lisk the Man left us at 5:30 AM on 14 October 2025. But Ed’s teachings, wisdom, insight, and faith in Music as a vehicle of Love and connection…

On 18 September 2025, a band director and fellow composer asked me:

“When you got started, how did you get your first pieces performed?”

Here’s my response—may it help you, too.

When I began, I sent one piece to one…

Dedicated to "SSIM" (Studio Sound in Motion) and the much larger Story that one day must be told.  

This article appeared in the June 2019 Issue of "The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands".


“Never Forgotten” has been played…

Related story here: "Untold Story: Rise of the Robots"

Ironically, I’ve just returned from visiting an emerging “AI-Studio” where I’ll serve as Composer and Music Supervisor.  For those exploring AI, for those who know “Storm” Music, and for…

From 1993 to 1994, Melillo worked as a composer and sound designer at Absolute Entertainment in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Working within the limitations of 59K (kilobytes) for all music and sound, he composed and sound-designed 11…

POW Speech for 14 SEP 2023 at PACMOAA

Speech written to honor the Souls of Bataan & Corregidor
by © STEPHEN MELILLO IGNA 11 SEP 2023

Tomorrow, (15 SEP) is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

The form of the presentation is…

“Remember the Future for Truth is Timeless . . .”  Stephen Melillo 2004

7-8 May 2025

90: My Mom would have been 90.
80: The End of WWII in Europe.
20: Anniversary of the Chapters V-8 Recording of “Writings on…

“A Symphony of History and the Cosmos: 
The Story of T Corona Borealis and Dominick H. Melillo, Jr.”

Eighty years ago, a 16-year-old amateur astronomer named Michael Woodman discovered something extraordinary—an exploding star system, 3,000 light years away, called T…