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- ↑ Interview Percussion 234 Steven Schick - "Toucher" (live performance) and Turning Points (comment at 43:32)
- ↑ "Steven Schick". University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ STEVEN SCHICK, MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS 2022. Molli & Arthur Wagner Music Director, Conductor 2007 – 2022. La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ↑ "Steven Schick, Artist in Residence (2012-2015)". International Contemporary Ensemble. 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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- The Percussionist's Art - Same Bed, Different Dreams (May 2006; University of Rochester Press; ISBN 978-1-58046-214-3)
