Stephen Lias

Tired of traditional stuffy chamber music for horn? Try this laid-back seven-minute piece with Latin and pop influences and optional percussion. It’s a great audience-pleaser and will definitely contr...

Imaginary Folksongs presents six diverse movements, three each for alto and soprano saxophone, which runs the gamut from virtuosic to melancholy to humorous, says the composer. For advanced performers...

Consider the lichen of the Alaskan tundra. It does not hurry – patiently weaving itself into the fabric of the earth over centuries. It thrives in scarcity – mysteriously binding elements of air and r...

This contemplative piece for pierrot ensemble was inspired by Great Basin National Park. It was commissioned in 2022 by the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble with a grant from the Natio...

A charming piece in three movements that finds musical ways of expressing some of the funnier frankenwords that have crept into common use - frenemy", glamping", and hangry”. Sure to be an audience fa...

The Carmel (IN) High School Orchestra will present the world premiere of the newly-commissioned work The Knobstone Trail at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, December 18, 2019. Stephen Lias has for many...

Written in 2014 for saxophonist Nathan Nabb, this sonata is a tour-de-force for the advanced saxophonist. Each of the four movements is based on selected photographs of Yosemite National Park by Ansel...

Inspired by an adventure trip into Lake Clark National Park, this work for grade 4 or 5 band was commissioned by Washington & Lee University and premiered in April of 2023. It captures the excitement...