As a composer, Steve Murray has been active in a variety of genres. He has written instrumental chamber and orchestral music as well as works for music theatre. He was a semifinalist in composition for the 2013 American Prize and a finalist for the 2014 American Prize. He was one of four composers chosen to have a work premiered by the Minneapolis based First Reading Project in May of 2014 and by Novi Cantori in March in Simsbury, Ct. in 2015. In May of 2015 the Berkshire Concert Choir premiered two of his recent compositions. He is the 2015 – 2016 Composer in Residence for Albany (NY) Pro Musica. He teaches music theory and computer music notation and composition at Berkshire Community College.