Stephen Cohn is internationally recognized for his music for the concert stage; scores for feature films, and television. His concert works have been performed and recorded by the world's finest chamber music ensembles in the United States and Europe, such as the Kansas City Symphony, Arditti Quartet, the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chroma String Quartet. He has been Composer-in-Residence at The International Encounters of Catalonia in the south of France and has been commissioned to compose new works which have been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Brussels, France, and Prague. His classical and commercial recordings have been released by Warner Bros., Motown, A&M Records, Columbia Records, Albany Records and At Peace Media.

He has received an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Music", and his scores have been part of many award winning productions which featured such stars as Lily Tomlin, Joanne Woodward, Kathleen Quinlan, Colleen Dewhurst, William Shatner, and Wallace Shawn. He has received  the Parents’ Choice Gold Award for his 2003 CD release, “Two Together, An American Folk Music Suite”. Recent world premieres include: Metaphors and Contrasts for woodwind quintet in Los Angeles, Essay for Guitar in Berlin, The Giver of Stars for a cappella choir in Los Angeles, A Warriors Paradox for piano in Los Angeles and Seven Dances for piano in Los Angeles.