What people have said about Steven Hardy's songs: "Love it!” — Cassandra Wilson, 2 time Grammy award-winning Blue Note recording artist "Quite appealing" — Downbeat Magazine “Great!” — Stuart McLean, host of CBC Radio's "The Vinyl Café" “Wow… awesome!” — Matt Dusk, Platinum-selling crooner "Destined to become a Christmas classic" — Tim Tamashiro, jazz singer "Great song!" — Sandy Thacker, CBC Radio producer "Excellent" — Songwriters Association of Canada Steven Hardy is a SOCAN award-winning songwriter whose songs have been recorded by some of Canada’s favourite artists including Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, John McDermott, and others. He has composed music for choir, theatre, dance, and television, including the original score for the national award-winning documentary, " Slippery." His songs have been licensed for film and television in Canada, England, Ireland, Iceland, and the U.S.A. In September, 2004 his song "If Never" was performed by London, Ontario singer Jessie Ross at the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece, and was featured in the CBC Television Special "Celebrate!" He has written and produced songs for Cassandra Hodgins (semi-finalist in CBC Television's "Over the Rainbow"), Sonja Gustafson (runner-up in BRAVO's reality television show "Bathroom Divas"), Mandy Carter (CBC "Rock You Campus" semi-finalist) and others. He holds an Honours degree in Theory and Composition from Western University.