Steven Rosenthal

b. 1953
Education:

1962 - ‘74 Formal study of oboe performance
1971 - ‘73 Creative writing and Music performance (oboe) San Diego State University
1974 Music performance (oboe) Kansas City Conservatory of Music
1975 - ‘78 Formal apprenticeship in Piano Technology under Leonard Wayne Jared

Lecturer:

1997 - Guest lecturer on Sound Sculpture and Installation Art, University of Hawai’i, Art Department
2001 - Three week residency, Public Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Associations:

1979 - present Piano Technicians Guild - Registered Craftsman
1988-93 President of the Alliance for Culture and the Arts (501c3)

Grants and Fellowships:

U.S. State Department-Arts in Embassies Program
U.S. State Department-Arts America Program
Arts International-Fund for U.S. Artists in International Festivals
American Composers Forum/McKnight Foundation Visiting
Composers Fellowship 2002
Hawai’i State Department of Economic Development and Tourism
University of Hawai’i –NEA-Arts in Under Served Communities Program
American Music Center (scholarship)
Hawai’i Literary Arts Council
AmFac Foundation
Cook foundation
Macinerny Foundation
HMSA
Lion Coffee

Collections (sculpture):

Neiman Marcus Collection
Hyatt Regency Maui
The Orchid at Mauna Lani
Hall Collection
Stupsky Collection

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS BY STEVEN ROSENTHAL

MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE ART

•2007 - “AN EVENING WITH RUMI” with Dan Furst, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
•2003 -2004 “TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS” nine separate programs, over 50 performances at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and other venues.
•1998 - 2001 “ART OFF THE WALL” Performance Art series, The Contemporary Museum.
•2000 - “YO PHARAOH”, with Jeff Gere, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
•1999– “VAN GOGH’S GHOST” (performance art/music) Honolulu Academy of Arts.
•1997- “INCIDENTAL MUSIC for ‘THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY’ exhibit by Nam Jun Paik, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
•1996 - “MACROTONALITIES” (New Music), Honolulu Academy of Arts.
“SILLY And SPOOKIE TALES” (sound score), video by Jeff Gere, (Parents Choice Award).
•1994 - “SIX PARAMITAS” (sound sculpture), collaboration with Choreographer Sun
•Ock Lee, Le Ronde Point Theatre, Paris, France (10/17-29), also performances at The Public Theater, New York. (7/95).
“VOICES” (New Music), with vocal artist Sin Cha Hong, The Honolulu Academy of Arts.
•1992 - “HAWAI’IAN TALES” (Music), World Expo ‘92, Seville, Spain, Hawai’i Cultural Delegation.
•1991 - “LOTUS IV”(sound sculpture/music), collaboration with Choreographer Sun
•Ock Lee, Festival 2000, Hong Kong, The Asia Society, New York.
•1990 - “JOURNEY TO THE SOUND FOREST” (New Music), Honolulu Academy of Arts.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCULPTURE & INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

•2004 - “PLEASE PLAY” new edition of interactive sculpture The Arts at Marks Garage,Honolulu.
•2003 - American Composers Forum/McKnight Foundation Visiting Composers Fellowship - designed and constructed 22 piece percussion ensemble in Minneapolis Mn. (donated to Minneapolis School District)
•2001 - Featured artist BambooFest-Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minn. Sculptures, Environmental, and Interactive installation.
•2000 - Set design for “WAVES” major dance work by Peter Rockford Espiritu and Tau Dance Company, Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
•1999 - Environmental sculptures and shrines for “TRIBAL REVIVAL” , North Shore, Oahu, Hawai’i.
•1997- Set and Environmental design for the Play “FINE DANCING” by Vilsoni Hereniko, Magic Island Lagoon, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
•“ENVIRONMENTAL SCULPTURE” (25’x25’x60’), workshop for the American Bamboo Society, Hawi, Hawai’i.
•1996 - “Please Play” (16’x20’x40’), w/interactive installation, Art Spree, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu Hawai’i.
•1995 - “Ber Main Main” (20’x25’x50’), w/interactive installation, IV International Bamboo Congress, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
•“OFFERING” (18’x12x25’), IV International Bamboo Congress, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
•1994 - “INTERACTIVE ART VILLAGE” (13,000 sq ft) Environmental Sculpture with interactive music, sculpture, and shrine. First Night Honolulu, Civic Center. “PLEASE PLAY” (16’x20’x40’), w/interactive installation, Art Spree, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu Hawai’i.
•1993 - “THE WAVE” (16’x16’x40’), Pipeline Masters Surf Tournement, Ehukai State Beach.
•1992 - “MUSICAL PLAYGROUND” (1500 sq ft), Hong Kong Arts Festival.
•“SOUND FOREST” (27’x26’x26’), interactive music, centerpiece for “What Makes Music Exhibit”, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
•“SUNDRUM VILLAGE” (22,000 sq ft), interactive music, shrine, healing arts, First Night Honolulu, State Capitol Lawn.
•“INTERACTIVE SOUND INSTALLATION” New Music Across America , Honolulu Academy of Arts.

SCULPTURE

•2004 - “WAVE FORM 76” the Stupski Collection
•2003 - “WAVE FORM 67” Contempo Exhibition, The Contemporary Museum
•“WAVE FORM 76” large scale - Stupski Collection
•2001 - Featured artist BambooFest-Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minn. Sculptures, Environmental, and Interactive installation.
•2000 - “WAVE FORM 38” Contemporarities, The Contemporary Museum.
•“WAVE FORM 47&48” “NOURISHMENT” “MOON GATE” 5 sculptures for the Hyatt Regency, Maui, collection
•“TWO TOWERS”-Neiman Marcus, realization of design by Stephan Haus, site specific installation installation.
•1999 - “CARVING SPACE” solo exhibition, Artmosphere Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
•1998 - “WAVE FORMS” 16 & 17 Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, collection.
“WAVE FORMS” 7&21, “STICK MAP”, private collections.
•1997- “SPIRIT CATCHER - THE NAVIGATOR” U.S. State Department, Arts in Embassies Program, collection.
•Guest Lecturer - Sound Sculpture University of Hawai’i Manoa, Art Department.
•“SPIRIT CATCHER - THE NAVIGATOR” Artists of Hawai’i, Honolulu Academy of Arts, juried exhibition.
•1996 - “STICK MAPS” The Orchid at Maunalani, South Kohala, Hawai’i, collection.
“WAVE FORM” #9, Artists of Hawai’i, Honolulu Academy of Arts, juried exhibition.
•1995 - “ELEMENTAL” Jody Sitiawan, Jakarta, Indonesia, collection.
•“CLOUD SCRIPT” Japanese Chamber of Comerce, Honolulu Hawai’i, juried exhibition.