Facts: - partner: sarah knapp - birth date: 26 january 1958 - name: steven m. alper - website: http://knappalper.com/alperbio.html - occupation: composer , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steven m. alper .
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steven m. alper is a music composer , primarily for the theatre , as well as an orchestrator and author .he wrote and orchestrated the score for the musical '' the immigrant '' , for which he was nominated for a drama desk award for outstanding orchestrations .the production received a workshop production in new york at cap-21 in 2000 , and , after more work , it ran off-broadway at dodger stages in the fall of 2004 .alper arranged and conducted several musicals , working with the likes of stephen schwartz , martin charnin , todd rundgren , morton dacosta , charles strouse , and don scardino .his book , entitled '' next !-- auditioning for the musical theatre '' , was published by heinemann books in the fall of 1996 and reprinted by girandole books in 2012 .