Roger Steptoe (born 1953) is an English composer and pianist. He studied music at the University of Reading as an undergraduate and then at the Royal Academy of Music , London, from 1974 to 1977 as a post-graduate student . There he studied composition with Alan Bush and piano accompaniment with Geoffrey Pratley.
Opera King of Macedon (1978–1979); 3 acts; libretto by Ursula Vaughan Williams Orchestral Cheers! (1993)This Side of Winter (2002)A Three-Tango Rhapsody (2007)Two Miniatures for strings (1977)Concertante Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (1991) Concerto for clarinet and strings (1989) Concerto for oboe and strings (1982) Concerto for tuba and strings (1983) Light , Sinfonietta for organ and strings (2006–2007)Chamber music Clarinet Quintet (1980) Dance Suite for oboe, clarinet and string quartet (1984)Duo for oboe and harp (1991) Oboe Quartet (1988–1989) Petite Sonatine 1 for viola solo (2009); commissioned for the 2010 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition Petite Sonatine 2 for cello solo (2009)Quatre romances sans paroles for piano quartet (2001)Sonata No.3 for brass quintet (1982) Sonata for clarinet and piano (2003) Sonata for trumpet and organ (2008) Sonata for tuba and piano (2007) Sonata for viola and piano (2010) Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1983) Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1986) String Quartet No.1 (1976) String Quartet No.2 (1985) String Quartet No.3 (2002) String Quartet No.4 (2003) Study for solo violin (1978)Three Pieces for viola and piano (1982)Two Impromptus for solo clarinet (1978)Two Studies for bassoon and piano (1983)Piano Equinox (1981)Piano Sonata No.1 (1979) Piano Sonata No.2 (1988) Piano Sonata No.3 (2003) Three Nocturnes (1991)Three Preludes (1976)Vocal Aspects for high voice and piano (1978)The Bond of the Sea for bass baritone and piano (1983); text by Joseph Conrad An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin for countertenor and 11 solo strings (1988)Five Songs for tenor and piano (1976); poems by Percy Shelley and John Keats The Looking Glass for soprano, oboe and piano (1980); words by Ursula Vaughan Williams 3 Paul Verlaine Songs (3 French Songs ) for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (2009); words by Paul VerlaineThree Sonnets to Delia for baritone and piano (1993); poems by Samuel Daniel