Stephen James Webb

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	PORTFOLIOStephen Webb is a composer and interdisciplinary artist whose work blends satire and humor to critique our collective escapism in a tech-driven, troubled world.&#60;img width="1024" height="1255" width_o="1024" height_o="1255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f5851b63316732105bfda00da490ffbf8302f9251a10083c738a8a03c5b5ef6/60050006.JPG" data-mid="218008425" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f5851b63316732105bfda00da490ffbf8302f9251a10083c738a8a03c5b5ef6/60050006.JPG" /&#62;
By placing materials outside of their assumed past, present, and future, Webb creates sardonic and melancholic worlds that leave audiences in distorted yet vaguely familiar landscapes. Recent compositional works include those for the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, Helsinki Chamber Choir, K!ART Ensemble, and the Defunensemble. He has exhibited at the Sounding Now Festival (Singapore), the 1646 Project Space (Hague), and the New Blood Performance Festival (Chicago). In 2021, his collaborative monologue opera Angels, Instead was shown at the Rupert Centre as part of the curatorial program of the 14th Baltic Triennial (Vilnius.) Other Artistic collaborations have included interdisciplinary dance work Performing Perception (Kallio Stage) with the Cite Collective and as a sculptor for Iskuin (Flow Festival). Webb holds a Master of Music in composition from the Sibelius Academy and a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. He holds a minor in live art, completing coursework at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Theatre Academy in Helsinki. As a researcher, Webb was the recipient of a 2017 fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation to research the state of contemporary music in Finland as part of the country's centennial celebration of independence.
SELECTED WORKPROGRAM SELECTION — 2023-ongoing&#38;nbsp;Theatrical work made with Robert Fleitz


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“Program Selection” is a piano recital and
performative essay that deals with human things
like sex and sadness. It also deals with themes of
anxiety and failure while examining the piano
recital as a metaphor for problematic social
constructs. Created with Robert Fleitz, the work blends live art, sound, video, theatre and choreography. The work will have its premiere in September 2025 at the Ģertrūdes ielas teātris in Latvia.COOKING WITH STEPHEN — 2024-ongoingsolo performance

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SÄVELLYSSANOMAT — 2024for dramatic soprano Minna-Leena Lahti


Sävellyssanomat pulls text from Finnish newspapers, magazines and advertisements to reflect on the cultural impact of the 1990s recession. It follows Finland from the introduction of the euro and the rise of the IT bubble, to the beginning of Tarja Halonen's presidency. The work reflects both the sincere and satiric by tethering the text to various evocative genres, including baroque, jazz, and even a Finnish-style lullaby.
RADICAL ANGELS &#38;amp; ANGELS, INSTEAD — 2020-21For the 1646 Project Space, Rupert Centre, and the Baltic Triennial


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This two part series, a collaboration with Miša Skalskis and Jaakko Pallasvuo, examines angels as celestial bureacrats. The soundscape is formed from composed fragments recorded by mezzo-soprano Rachel McIntosh. In these two works we found parallels between the fantastical and the present, brought about by bold colors and a whimsical playfulness paired with a gnawingly sinister backdrop.&#38;nbsp;

A SERVICE OF PARTS - 2021For the K!ART ENSEMBLE


A Service of Parts is a performative composition that takes inspiration from the symbolic and structural role of a Southern Baptist church service (a biographical reference to my childhood). Following the order of service, the work comments on the universal value of ceremony and symbolism when navigating pain, grief, and loss.&#38;nbsp; The music makes coy references to the church service by, for example, truncating the musical material by a 10th during each repeat in the “offertory” —mirroring the edict that one should give a 10th of their earnings to the church. &#38;nbsp;
MY GRIEVANCE WITH NOSTALGIA - 2020written for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra 
My Grievance with Nostalgia explores our obsession with remembered pasts. The work builds a landscape from which other styles emerge; a late romantic string quartet, a tango, and jazz music—all while attempting to impose filters and feedback on them. The work considers both the importance and dangers of nostalgia at a time when so many look backwards for fear of uncertain futures, such as those brought on by climate and ecological crises.


PERFORMING PERCEPTION — 2019Created with Tero Hytönen, Teo Lanerva, Bea Tornberg, Suvi Kelloniemi, Elisa Lejeuna, and Verna Nordlund


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Built from research looking at neuro-diverse and neuro-divergent experiences, the work is an excercise in creating imperceptible change over vast stretches of time. The work constantly renogotiates with the audience’s sight and experiences. Through distortion of perception, the work is able to elevate the mundane, destablize expectation, and force audiences to enter a state of hyper-awareness.ANTI-DRAG — 2016solo performance at SAIC&#38;nbsp;

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Anti-drag is a solo performance that explores my queerness in relation to maternal expectations. In the work, I present as a sculptural canvas, clad in a bridal gown, my skirt a screen to an imagined reality. The projection presents me dancing with the “negative” of a woman, a shapless dress and wig, representing both the present and unpresent female figures in my life. 
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REVIEWS
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						"Stephen Webbin A Service of Parts oli puoliksi koraalia, pehmeita pianosointuja (moderni

jazz &#38;amp; Messiaen), balttilais-puolalaista melankoliaa seka sellon huiluddnispektreja, puoliksi

Schoun performanssia, jossa han kaatoi samanaikaisesti vetta kannuun, s6i sielta

nostamansa omenan ja lausui runonomaisesti, mista teoksessa oli kyse: ainakin Sisyfos,

viemarit ja valtameret mainittiin."


-Santeri Kaipiainen, Musica borealis: viikonloppuarvio Uuden Musiikin

Lokakuusta, Rondo Lehti 8.10.2021


“Stephen Webbin My Grievance with Nostalgia-teoksessa hyédynnettiin ovelasti itse

konserttitlaa: parvelle ilmestyi jousikvartetti, jonka jalkiromanttisin tunnelmiin orkesteri

vastasi tummalla soinnillaan. Tama dualismi synnytti kauniin ja vakevan jannitteen. Webb

sai teokseensa apua Riika Talvitielta.”


- Petri Poutiainen, Etela Suomen Sanomat 19.9.2020


“Stephen Webb’s My Grievance with Nostalgia (2020) has its roots, at least to some extent in

the music of Charles Ives, manifested by quarter-tone harmonies and spatial elements.

Scored for an offstage string quartet and orchestra, My Grievance with Nostalgia may be

seen as a contemporary formulation of The Unanswered Question (1906/1930-35).


However, it should be noted that Webb’s musical language is, in many ways, very different

from Ives’s. My Grievance with Nostalgia unravels in sublime, almost gentle manner, with

darker undercurrents. Musical ideas are exchanged and transformed in dialogue between

the onstage and offstage ensembles.


Emerging organically from the sonic fabric, there is bittersweet beauty in Webb’s

quarter-tone textures. My Grievance with Nostalgia may be analyzed in terms of meditation,

albeit far removed from trendy mindfulness practices.”- Jari Kallio, Adventures in New Music Blog 18.9.2020


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	UPCOMING:
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TAMI POHJOLA &#38;amp; THE TURKU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Thursday and Friday, February 12-13thTurku Concert Hall, Turku, FIKristian Sallinen, conductor
Tami Pohjola, violinist
premiere of TFO commission&#38;nbsp;I Heard it Was Collapsing &#38;nbsp;

PREMEIRE OF NEW CHAMBER OPERA “THE MOUTHPIECE”for the Finnish National Opera &#38;amp; Ballet &#38;nbsp;
August 13th-15th&#38;nbsp;Alminsali, Finnish National Opera &#38;amp; Ballet, Helsinki, FI. 
Premiere of a new chamber opera with libretto by Susi Orenius and stage direction by Pelzi Peltola.

PREVIOUS:
2025
AHJO ENSEMBLE 
November 7th&#38;nbsp;Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FI. Julia Lainema, conductor
Ahjo Ensemble premieres&#38;nbsp;A Resume for Gainful Employment (An Ahjo Ensemble Commission) 
PROGRAM SELECTION&#38;nbsp;
September 16th&#38;nbsp;Ģertrūdes ielas teātris, Rīga, LV

World premiere of theatre work Program Selection.
COOKING WITH STEPHEN AT SLURPS NÄYTTÄMÖ
September 5th Mika Walteri Park, Helsinki, FI

Second showing of iterative performance work Cooking with Stephen.&#38;nbsp;
Selected for showing by the curation panel of Slurps Näyttämö.

RESULTS 
January 25th at 7:00pm Old Bus Station, Pori, FI. 
I present the results of my artist residency at Asema44 with local artist Annika Koivukorpi. 


2024COOKING WITH STEPHEN: A SOLO PERFORMANCE 
October 31st at 6:30pm
Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, FI
SOLITUDE &#38;amp; RESTOctober 16th at 7pm
Uusikuva, Kotka, FI Teuvo Taimoja performs Ennen kuin näit neidon in concert 
ESITYSTAITEEN SEURA ARTIST IN RESIDENCE &#38;amp; DEMO PERFORMANCEOctober 12th at 3pm
ESKUS-esitystaiteen keskus, Helsinki, FI  
UUDEN MUSIIKIN LOKAKUU FESTIVAL (UML)
October 4th at 7pm
Karjasilta Church, Oulu, FIPremiere: Fanfare for the Lapland Military Band in honor of UML’s 20th anniversary
TURN TURTLE TURNOBLIVIA performance with Yiran Zhao at the Munich Biennial &#38;nbsp;
June 5th,6th, 7th and 9th &#38;nbsp;
Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Gasteig HP8, Munch, DEProduction Manager PROGRAM SELECTION: DEMO PERFORMANCE
April 16th at 7pmVapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FI free entry

collaborative work with Robert Fleitz
THE AMERICAN ARCHETYPE 
March 27th at 7pmSteinway Selection Centre, Houston, TX, USA 
free entrypremiere of Elizabeth Newkirk commission:
Dream (American) (2024)
APOLLO ARTISTS CONCERT 
February 22ndG-livelab, Tampere, FI. Minna-Leena Lahti, sopranoRobert Fleitz, piano

performance of M. Lahti commission: Sävellyssanomat (2023)APOLLO ARTISTS CONCERT 
February 21stG-livelab, Helsinki, FI. Minna-Leena Lahti, sopranoRobert Fleitz, piano
premiere of M. Lahti commission: Sävellyssanomat (2023)

IMBER QUARTET &#38;nbsp;
January 15th 2023 at 7pmVapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FI.&#38;nbsp;
Flute &#38;amp; String Trio:Panak Hashemian, Otto Antikainen, Jaakko Laivuori, Anna Westerlund

premiere of Imber Quartet commission:
Suite (2022)
2023
JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT
November 12th 2023 at 6pmJacoby Symphony Hall, Jacksonville , FL, USApremiere of JSYO commission:
An Annotated Guide to Classical Music (2023)
OPTIŽŪNS FESTIVAL 
July 11th-15th Ergli, Lativa.
Program Selectioncollaborative installation with Robert FleitzSOUND ART SYNERGY WORKSHOP
May 15th - June 15th
In collaboration with the Madetojan musiikinlukio
and Oulu Botanical Garden


Educational sound art workshop for teens in Oulu.
MELINRAKSTS &#124; JAUNRADES SKIČU VAKARS #5 
April 24thĢertrūdes ielas teātris, Rīga, LV
Program Selection, demo performancecollaborative work with Robert Fleitz
PAiR - PĀVILOSTA ARTIST IN RESICENCE
March 27th - April 8thPavilosta, Lativa.
Program Selection, development and demo
collaborative work with Robert Fleitz2022

UUDEN MUSIIKIN LOKAKUU FESTIVAL Bowery TrioOctober 8thTulindberg Hall, Music Centre, Oulu, FI.
Performing:
The Dilution of our Admiration (Finnish premeire)
THE COSMOPOLITE MUSIC PROJECT The Bowery TrioOctober 10th Balder Hall, Helsinki, FI.
Performing:
The Dilution of our Admiration &#38;nbsp;
HOUSE RECITAL FEATURING RACHEL MCINTOSH
September 17th&#38;nbsp;Kulttuuri Salonki, Helsinki, FI.
House recital featuring works by 
Britten, Mozart,&#38;nbsp;Weill, McIntosh, and Converse.TIME OF MUSIC FESTIVAL 
Composed Theatre Course with Mark Applebaum 
July 5th-11th Viitasaari, FI.
Collaborative Performance with Mark Applebaum and course participants 
CRANKS AND CACTUS NEEDLES The Ears Earth Ensemble &#38;amp; Violinist Mieko KannoMarch 19th Organo, Music Centre, Helsinki, FI

Performed:
Stephen James Webb: On the Topic of Roethke (2016)

THE COSMOPOLITE MUSIC PROJECT&#38;nbsp;(POSTPONED)The Bowery TrioMarch 11th Balder Hall, Helsinki, FI.
Performed:Stephen Webb: The Dilution of our Admiration (Finnish premeire)

2021
JOIKUJA — CANCIONESTeuvo Taimioja, guitarist

November&#38;nbsp; 27th
Tulindberg Hall, Oulu Music Centre

Performed:
Stephen Webb: Ennen kuin näit neidon
THE COSMOPOLITE MUSIC PROJECT The Bowery TrioOctober 24th Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, IL.
Performed:Stephen Webb: The Dilution of our Admiration
FUTURE NOW&#38;nbsp;K!ART Ensemble

October 3rd&#38;nbsp;
Central Parish, Oulu, FI
Performed:
Stephen Webb: A Service of Parts


PARTS (FOR MUURI): PART 3—PARTYSeptember 4thTöölonlahti, Helsinki, FI&#38;nbsp;
collaborative work by:&#38;nbsp;
Maarit Muustonen
Jim Prevett
Kalle Hakosalo&#38;nbsp;
Tiia ToivanenRachel McIntosh
Stephen Webb
NORPAS FESTIVAL: JOIKUJA — CANCIONESTeuvo Taimioja, guitarist

August 7th

Performed:
Stephen Webb: Ennen kuin näit neidon
14TH BALTIC TRIENNIAL: ANGELS, INSTEADJune 5th - July 4thRupert Centre for Art &#38;amp; Education, Vilnius, LI

sound installation by:Miša Skalskis

Stephen Webb

Rachel McIntosh

Jaakko Pallasvuo
SIBELIUS ACADEMY GUITAR FESTIVALTeuvo Taimioja, guitarist

April 20 at 7pm
Facebook Live Stream from Helsinki, FI

Performed:
Stephen Webb: Ennen kuin näit neidon
ORGAN RECITAL (POSTPONED)
March 23 at 1:30pm
Kallio Church, Helsinki, FI

Olli Saari, organist

Stephen Webb: In the Climate of Titanic Fascists

2020


AIKAMME MUSIIKIN LUENTOSARJANovember 13th at 1pm
Online lecture hosted by the Sibelius Academy
Webb, Thelestam, and Moilanen discuss their recent works performed at the Sibelius Festival by the Sinfonia Lahti.

RADICAL ANGELS September 11th - October 4th

1646 Gallery, The Hague, NL
exhibtion by:

Jaakko Pallasvuo

Viktor TimofeevMiša Skalskis

Rachel Mcintosh

Stephen Webb
SOIKOON! NEW CHORAL WORKS
Helsinki Chamber Choir
September 28th
Camerata, Music Centre, Helsinki, FI

Hannu Norjanen, conductor
 Performed:Stephen Webb: &#38;amp; Jaakko Pallasvuo: The Financial Anxiety Madrigals

KITARA NOVA FESTIVALTeuvo Taimioja, guitarist

September 19th, 2020Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki, FIPerformed:&#38;nbsp;

Stephen Webb: Ennen kuin näit neidon

NURSERY GARDEN SYMPHONY CONCERTSinfona Lahti
September 17th, 2020

Metsähalli in Sibelius House, Lahti, FIDima Slobodeniouk, conductor


Performed:Stephen Webb: My Grievance with Nostalgia

2019

COMPOSITION WORKSHOP

Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra

November 4th, 2019

Paavo Hall, Music Centre

James Sherlock, conductor
Performed:
Stephen Webb: For those in peril...

PERFORMING PERCEPTION&#38;nbsp;
October 3rd - 9th, 2019Kallio Stage

Choreographer: Tero HytönenLight Designer: Teo Lanerva&#38;nbsp; Sceneographer: Bea TornbergSound Designer: Stephen WebbDancers: Suvi Kelloniemi&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;Elisa Lejeuna&#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp; &#38;nbsp;Verna Nordlund


2018

SOIKOON! COMPOSTION STUDENT’S NEW ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKSDefunensemble

December 17th, 2018

Sonore, Music CentreNiemi: Rannala 
Gustavson: Cosmic ReachingsWebb: Triptych
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Kasurinen: Helvetinkone


BLUE IS COOL: ELECTRIC HARPApril 17th, 2018
Black Box, Music Centre
Bengi Canatan, Harp
Stephen Webb: An Essay on the American Topography
	
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United States–native turned European Northener, Stephen Webb is a composer and interdisciplinary art maker based in Helsinki. His work explores surreal abstraction, placing materials outside their assumed pasts, presents, and futures. Webb creates sardonic and melancholic worlds that leave audiences in distorted yet vaguely familiar soundscapes.


His 2025–2026 season includes the premiere of his violin concerto I Heard It Was Collapsing with soloist Tami Pohjola and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra; the chamber opera The Mouthpiece for the Finnish National Opera and Ballet; and his transdisciplinary stage work Program Selection at Ģertrūdes ielas teātris in Riga, Latvia.


Webb’s recent collaborators include the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, Helsinki Chamber Choir, K!ART, Defunensemble, Ahjo Ensemble, and the Bowery Trio. His music has been released on Alba Records and Pilfink.


His transdisciplinary projects have been presented at Sounding Now Festival (Singapore), 1646 Project Space (The Hague), Slurps Stage (Helsinki), New Blood Performance Festival (Chicago), and Flow Festival (Helsinki). In 2021, his monologue opera Angels, Instead was shown at the Rupert Centre as part of the curatorial program of the 14th Baltic Triennial (Vilnius).


Webb is an active contributor to both the new music and live art ecosystems. He serves as the treasurer of Ung Nordisk Musik Finland and was selected as a curator for the Finnish Live Art Society’s 2025–26 programming. As a researcher, he received a year-long fellowship from the American-Scandinavian Foundation to examine the state of contemporary music in Finland as part of the country’s centennial anniversary of independence.


He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy and the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and live art and performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Theatre Academy Helsinki. 


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