Stephen L. Mosko

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Stephen "Lucky" Mosko

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|12|7}}

| birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date|2005|12|6}}

| death_place = Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California

| genre = Contemporary classical, world

| occupation = Composer, music director, teacher

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| associated_acts = California EAR Unit

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Stephen L. (Lucky) MoskoDuckworth, William (1999). "Milton Babbitt", Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers, p.84. {{ISBN|9780306808937}}.(Dec. 12, 2005). "[http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/12/12/Composerconductor-Stephen-Mosko-dead/UPI-87151134438712/ Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead]", UPI. ({{Birth date|1947|12|7}} - {{Death date|2005|12|6}}) was an American composer. His music blended high modernism (including serialism) with world music,{{Allmusic |class=album |id=indigenous-music-mw0001041356 |tab=Overview |label="Indigenous Music" |first="Blue" Gene |last=Tyranny |accessdate=09:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC) }} and he was an expert in Icelandic folk music.(1996). "Liner notes", Only: Works for Voice and Instruments. New Albion. His, "seemingly contradictory," influences include uptown, downtown, and the West Coast school; including John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, and Mel Powell.von der Schmidt (2000). "Liner notes", Composer Portrait Series: Stephen L. Mosko. Southwest Chamber Music.

Mosko studied with Antonia Brico, Donald Martino, Gustav Meier, Mel Powell, Leonard Stein, and Morton Subotnick."[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-12-me-mosco12-story.html Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko, 58; Composer Was a Mentor to New Music Performers]", "latimes.com"."[https://sites.google.com/a/calarts.edu/resources-for-music/collections/dorothy-stone-mosko-and-stephen-lucky-mosko-collection Dorothy Stone Mosko and Stephen Lucky Mosko Collection]", CalArts.edu.Woodard, Josef (1998). "Liner notes", Indigenous Music. oodiscs.

He was the music director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players from 1988 to 1997Ulrich, Allan (October 18, 1988), "Contemporary Debut: A new director, a new season of new music", San Francisco Examiner. and of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival's Contemporary Music Festival in 1984.Mattison, Ben (13 Dec 2005). "[http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/3471.html New-Music Specialist Stephen Mosko Dies at 58]", PlayBillArts. He was the director of the Ojai Music Festival in 1986{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} and 1990.Wager, Gregg (May 28, 1990). "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-28-ca-193-story.html Ojai Festival Keeps Cutting-Edge Tradition—With a Twist : Music: New director Stephen Mosko will replace the old and European standards with new and American fare.]", LATimes. He was married to Dorothy Stone, founding flutist of California EAR Unit.Dec. 12, 2005. "[http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/12/12/Composerconductor-Stephen-Mosko-dead/UPI-87151134438712/ Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead]", UPI.com.

Notable students include composers Ann Millikan and Nicholas Frances Chase.