Conductor's Bio
Steven Reineke, conductor
Music Associate and Principal Arranger/Composer, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Steven Reineke is the Music Associate and Principal Arranger/Composer of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and is one of America’s most dynamic emerging talents in the symphonic pops genre. Recognized as the sound of the Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Reineke’s 100+ arrangements for that orchestra have been performed worldwide. In addition to his work for the Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Reineke has written and arranged for pops conductors Doc Severinson, Jack Everly and Michael Krajewski. Mr. Reineke’s arrangements can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops recordings on the Telarc label and have been broadcast nationally by PBS.
A protégé of the legendary pops conductor Erich Kunzel, Steven Reineke’s recent guest conducting appearances include the orchestras of Cincinnati, Toronto, Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Edmonton and Windsor. In 2007 Mr. Reineke will make his conducting debut with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with the multi-faceted entertainer Wayne Brady. In addition, Mr. Reineke will arrange and orchestrate all of the music for Mr. Brady’s new orchestral show to debut in October 2007. In 2006 Mr. Reineke collaborated with rock legend Peter Frampton as conductor, arranger and orchestrator for Mr. Frampton’s orchestral show.
Mr. Reineke is also an established symphonic composer. His works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in the United States and Canada. In 2005 his Festival Te Deum and Swans Island Sojourn were performed by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops respectively. The Cincinnati Enquirer had this to say about Festival Te Deum, “Melodious and joyous, it had antiphonal brass in the balconies, organ, full orchestra and wonderful choral passages.” In 2007 he begins work on a new American overture celebrating the history of the United States. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands around the world. He is a frequent guest conductor and clinician with college and high school bands.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, receiving two bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He resides in Cincinnati.