Steve Reich

After almost 50 years, musicians still wonder what the so-called "minimalist" composer will do next.

Grand Valley State University is not known for its music department. But the New Music Ensemble at the small Midwestern college has impressed the critics and the composer with a new recording of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.

Minimalist Composer Steve Reich on his composition Its Gonna Rain inspired by the Cuban Missle Crisis.

A 1971 work by Steve Reich, "Drumming" is widely considered a masterpiece of minimalism.