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As Director/Conductor
Steve has served as a director and conductor for All State, All Provincial, or Honors bands among the following:
- Wisconsin Honors Jazz Band I, The University
of Wisconsin - Madison - Grant MacEwan Honors Band I, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta
- Nebraska All-State Band, Omaha, Nebraska
- High School Honors Jazz Ban, St. John’s, Newfoundland
- North Carolina Band Master’s Association, numerous cities in North Carolina
- Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
As Clinician
Steve has served as a guest clinician and taught private bass lessons, improvisation clinics, small group coaching, directing large jazz ensembles, and rhythm section masterclasses. Among others, he has visited:
- Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
- Cahul, Moldova, for numerous universities
- The Summer Jazz Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic
- The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
- The Beijing Opera House, for numerous university students, China
- The University of Arizona, College of Music
and Fine Arts
For Commissions
Commissions for large jazz ensemble often come for specific performances or guests at high schools, universities, or recording sessions. Among them:
- A Tisket, A Tasket, (traditional), arranged by Steve Haines. for the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Blue Skies, Irving Berlin, arranged by Paul Weston, transcribed by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Caravan, composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol, arranged by Duke Ellington, transcribed by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Every Time We Say Goodbye, composed by Cole Porter, arranged by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- For Ray, composed and arranged by Steve Haines. for the Brockport High School Jazz Program, Brockport,
New York. - Forward Motion, by Kirk MacDonald, arranged by Steve Haines. For the Maritime Jazz Orchestra.
- I Deserve More, composition and lyrics by Gary Spell, arranged by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- I’m Beginning to See The Light, composition and Lyrics by Ellington, James, Hodges, and George; arranged by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- L’Homard Bleu, composed by Mike Murley, arranged by Steve Haines. for the Cobequid Educational Center Jazz Ensemble, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, arranged by Tim Young and Steve Haines, orchestrated by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- Tea For Two, composed Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Irving Caesar, arranged by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- The Man I Love, composed by George Gershwin, arranged by Nelson Riddle, reorchestrated by Steve Haines. For the musical Ella: the Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
- The Split, composed by Mike Murley, arranged by Steve Haines. Recorded by the Maritime Jazz Orchestra, featuring Mike Murley and Kenny Wheeler, on the album
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