ALL ABOUT STEVEN
Past.
Steven started playing the saxophone at the age of eight and, because he was perceived to have a talent for it, at the age of twelve he was invited to follow a pre-education program to prepare for the conservatory of Maastricht. By then, he had already started composing music and immediately knew this was what he wanted to do, even more than studying saxophone. This lead to Steven studying Classical Composition at the Conservatory of
Tilburg. During this study he was admitted to a minor program film scoring at the conservatory of Amsterdam. Graduated in 2020.
Present.
Steven was admitted to the master program of Berklee College of Music, scoring for film, television and video games wich allowed him to build and sharpen the skills in instrumentation, orchestration and recording.
In July 2021, Steven graduated and was given special credits for "excellent academic performance."
Future.
"Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming" (David Bowie)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
New Anthem TOTO KNVB beker (Dutch National soccer league)
Composers Major Fifth and by RAVEN were writing the new anthem for the Dutch national soccer league and wanted to record this composition with full orchestra. Steven was asked to orchestrate this new anthem and work with them on recording with 64 piece orchestra.
CROSSING BUNNY BRIDGE
Crossing Bunny Bridge is a surrealist short film. The film was a project of Noamy Derksen, with original music composed by Steven Stoffels.
Crossing Bunny Bridge is about a group of rabbits crossing a bridge in search of a new accommodation. They meet life and death challenges.
DORIAN GRAY
Graduating from the Academy of Music in 2020, Steven composed music for the "Dorian Gray" project with fellow students in the field of directing and performing arts. This was, prior to the final graduation, already performed in a very succesfull try out in the NIght of Performing Arts, december 2019
NOVEMBER MUSIC
For more than 10 years, the student ensemble fc Jongbloed has been surprising the public with spectacular programmes during November Music, the most important international gathering for contemporary music in the country. Fc Jongbloed is associated with AMPA, the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Tilburg. During November Music, there is a special AMPA Route in which the most talented students have their say. Steven's composition was performed by fc Jongbloed at November Music, edition 2018.
STEVEN'S CAREER
Highlights
Original Score:
Crossing Bunny Bridge (Recorded in AIR london)
Human Recipe
Name Unknown
Buitenwesten
A Little Love Story in Paris (2024)
Schoenmaten
Hunke (commercial)
8Vance (commercial)
Shoot 'm up (Plane fight Game)
Orchestrator/assistent:
KNVB Anthem (orchestrator)
Rude awakening (Orchestrator)
White we watched ( Assisting Joaquin Garcia)
Mixing and Mastering:
Goudhaan
Classic works:
Three pieces for the instrument groups
Escape (strings section)
Dance in New York