Stephen James completed his doctoral degree in composition at Boston University, where he received the graduate composition prize in 1984, the Malloy Miller Composition Award in 1986, and an award for continuing musical excellence in 1987. He is a pianist as well as a composer. He has performed for the Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Series, the WICN Radio concert series at Mechanics Hall (Worcester, MA), the American Repertory Theater, Alea III, the Omnibus Series at Boston University, the Essex Chamber Music Players, and on many other concert series in New England. Dr. James was a 1985 Crofts Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center and a Center for Compositional Study member at the Aspen Music Festival in 1986. Performances of his works include premieres by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston and the Atlantic Brass Quintet, commissions from the Washington Music Ensemble and the Newburyport Choral Society, and performances by the Society for New Music (Syracuse, NY) and the Fellows of the Music Center at Tanglewood. He has taught piano performance, music theory, and composition at Boston University, Worcester State University, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Anna Maria College, and Bridgewater State University.