All original compositions © Stephen McQuarry

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Steve (Stephen) McQuarry: Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger, and Orchestrator.  

McQuarry has performed with distinguished artists such as the late Dizzy Gillespie, Clare Fischer, Louie Bellson, Red Rodney (Charlie Parker), Tom Scott, the late John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Herbie Hancock, Frank Zappa), Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Bob James), Bill Rich (Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Taj Mahal) and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Performance Bands/Recording
Currently, McQuarry performs and records on his indie label, Mandala Records, with his Jazz ensembles, Resonance, Pangaea and Zazen, the Electronica group Synsor and the new age group, Agharta.

Training
McQuarry has studied at the Eastman School of Music, University of Colorado at Denver, Berklee School Of Music, University Of California San Diego and Alexander University. 

Organizations 
McQuarry is an active member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the performance rights organization, Broadcast Musicians, Inc. (BMI), the Electronic Music Foundation (EMF), the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC), the Society For Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) and Chamber Music America (CMA).