Steven Bonacci is a composer and saxophonist/clarinetist from Westfield, Massachusetts. He currently studies composition at Bard College with Joan Tower, Sarah Hennies, and George Tsontakis. His works include electronic music, chamber music, jazz for large and small ensembles, and orchestral music. In his junior year at Bard, he received the Margaret Creal Shafer prize in composition.
As an instrumentalist, he has played with the Contemporary Jazz Composers Ensemble, Marcus Roberts’ Modern Jazz Generation, Composers Now, and numerous student concerts and projects. In 2024, he founded BARQ, an undergraduate ensemble and composers collective dedicated to playing new music and free improvisation.