American composer Erich Stem has earned acclaim for music that is, in the words of The Washington Post, “sophisticated and intriguing,” praised by Boston Theatre Review as “unique and beautiful,” and described by New York’s A Closer Listen as exhibiting “a fluent and chaotic exchange that breaks minimalism apart.”

Commissioned by Symphonicity; written as part of America By: A Symphonic Tour.

Consortium commission featuring the La HERmandad duo. World premiere given at the International Clarinet Association's 50th Anniversary "Clarinetfest" in Denver, Colorado.

Commissioned by National Symphony Orchestra percussionist Scott Christian and the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra; for solo Marimba & Vibraphone and Orchestra.