Steve Reisteter

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Biography

Stephen (Steve) Reisteter (b. 30 November 1957, Bethlehem, Penn.) is an American composer and educator.

Currently, Mr. Reisteter serves as principal clarinetist with the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Band and the Allentown Symphony and is a former member of the Charleston (West Virginia) Symphony. As a pop musician, he has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, and many others. As a composer, his music has been performed by numerous symphony orchestras and bands.

Reisteter retired at the end of 2017 as an elementary school vocal and instrumental music teacher in the Whitehall-Coplay (Pennsylvania) school district.

Works for Winds

• Alberta (1995)
• Amazing Grace (as arranger) (1989)
• An American Christmas Eve (as arranger) (2011)
• Angélique and Cléante Overture (2012)
• Ascension (1997)
• Beautiful Dreamer (as arranger) (1990)
• The Betty Tango (2006)
• Blackwood Overture (1986)
• A Celtic Christmas Celebration (as arranger) (2000)
• Cherubim and Seraphim (as arranger) (2011)
• Cherubim (2002)
• Christmas Angels (as arranger) (2008)
• Christmas Ornaments (as arranger) (2004)
• Coastal Overture (2004)
• Crash-lude (2001)
• Czardas (as arranger) (2014)
• Divertimento (2003)
• Eighth Candle, The (2011)
• Ein feste Burg (as arranger) (2017)
• El Condado (2004)
• Facets (2012)
• Fanfare and Celebration (1989)
• He Is Born (as arranger) (2002)
• Joy to the World (2011)
• Labrador (1995)
• The Lost Chord (as arranger) (2000)
• Maple Leaf Forever, The (as arranger) (1867/2009)
• Melody In F (as arranger) (2006)
• The Nazareth March (2004)
• O Holy Night (as arranger) (2000)
• Organ Concerto in B-flat (as arranger) (unpublished)
• The Path Of Unwavering Devotion (2013)
• Pie Jesu (as arranger) (2006)
• Pine Apple Rag (as arranger) (2009)
• Pocono Playground (2008)
• Prelude On A Chorale (2000)
• The Rose Of Nazareth (2008)
• The Simple Birth (as arranger) (2011)
• Sinfonia from Cantata #29 (as arranger) (2004)
• The Slide Oil Rag (2017)
• Solo de concours (as arranger) (1998)
• Tatra Mountain Festival (2009)
• Toccata, Adadio and Fugue in C Major (as arranger) (2011)
• Two Irish Songs (as arranger) (1996)
• Variations and Fugue on ”Wondrous Love” (1993)
• Variations On “Bingo”(2004)
• Variations on a Theme by Corelli (as arranger) (2010)
• Vier Letzte Lieder (as arranger) (2012)
• Violin Concerto #1 (as arranger) (2014)
• Violin Concerto in A Minor (as arranger) (2017)
• A Welsh Rhapsody (2006)
• Whitehall Fanfare (2008)

Resources

• Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Stephen Reisteter." Accessed 23 May 2015.