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Steven Spiel (born March, 1988) is an American composer.

Biography
Steven Spiel was born into a musical family and began piano lessons at 6 years old. He showed musical proficiency throughout his education. He studied composition with Dr. K. Newell Dayley and and Dr. Daniel Kerr at Brigham Young University-Idaho where he received his composite BMA in Composition and Organ. He then studied under Gary Chang and David McHugh at Columbia College Chicago's Music Composition for the Screen MFA program. He is married to his wife, Heather and they have 3 children. They currently live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Education
Steven Spiel studied music as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University-Idaho. As a freshman, he sang in the university's most elite choir and was a soloist in the Tree of Life oratorio at Abravanel Hall and Idaho State University's L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. During that year, he studied composition with Dr. Daniel Kerr and began writing for choir and orchestra. He also had his first performances and recordings of String Quartet No. 1, To the Fallen, and Invictus. As a sophomore, he began composition studies with Dr. K. Newell Dayley who mentored him through his completion of the musical Almost There. He wrote and recorded many other pieces for choir, orchestra, and small ensemble. He also arranged and conducted many hymns for choir and organ at events for the entire student body, as well as the inaugural graduation ceremony at the BYU-Idaho Center. He served as assistant conductor under Dr. Eda Ashby for the University Choir and assistant conductor under Dr. Kevin Brower for the combined Men's and Women's Choir. He was teacher assistant for Theory and Ear Training I, II, III, and IV as well as team teacher for the Music Technology class. He also served as president of the Student Composer's Society and organized ensembles to perform his original works.

After a total of 7 semesters, he graduated summa cum laude with a Brigham Young University-Idaho's first degree awarded in composition.

Personal life
In 2010, Steven Spiel married Heather Harrast. Together, they have 3 children.

Works
Selected works include:
 * Invictus for SSAATTBB Choir, (2006)
 * Turn Again to Life for SSAATTBB Choir, (2007)
 * String Quartet No. 1, (2007)
 * To the Fallen for full orchestra, (2007)
 * String Quartet No. 2, (2009)
 * String Quartet No. 2, (2009)
 * Tree Tones for woodwind trio, (2010)
 * Prelude in C Major for full orchestra, (2010)
 * The Three Little Pigs for string quartet, (2010)
 * Almost There a musical, (2011)
 * The Land of Ur for full orchestra, (2011)
 * Adonai Roi for full orchestra, (2011)
 * The Aurora for full orchestra, (2011)
 * Ashes Main Theme for concert band, (2012)
 * The Threat of Machnye for concert band, (2012)
 * Sound Suite for small orchestra, (2012)
 * Soundtrack to Columbia College Chicago's Annual Report, (2014)