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Stephen Chatman CM (born 28 February 1950) is an American-born Canadian composer residing in Vancouver. His compositions have been performed across Canada and in the United States.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Chatman was born in Faribault, Minnesota, and studied with Joseph R. Wood and Walter Aschaffenburg at the Oberlin Conservatory and with Ross Lee Finney, Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, and Eugene Kurtz at the University of MichiganinAnn Arbor, completing a D.M.A. degree in 1977. He also received a Fulbright grant for study with Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Hochschule für MusikinCologne in 1974.[4]

Career

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In 1976, Chatman joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. He composed a number of musical works in the 1980s, including the suite There Is Sweet Music There for chorus and oboe, and the choral work Due North.[5]

Chatman became Head of the Composition Division of the UBC School of Music in 1977 and was promoted to Professor in 1987.[4]

He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in July 2012.[6] In 2010 his composition "Magnificat" was his third nomination for a Juno Award.[7] He has received three BMI Awards to Student Composers and four Western Canadian Music Awards for Outstanding Composition.

In 2017, an album of Chatman's compositions, Dawn of Night, sung by the University of Toronto MacMillan Singers, was released by Centrediscs.[8] His comic opera Choir Practice, created with Tara Wohlberg, was performed by the University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble.[9]

Notable students

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John Burge, Richard Covey, Arne Eigenfeldt, John Estacio, Melissa Hui, Jocelyn Morlock, Jason Nett, Larry Nickel, John Oliver, and Rui Shi Zhuo.

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Waffle, Catherine. 2018. "Exultate Chamber Singers put on Delightful Show for Barrie Audience". Barrie [Ontario] Advance (17 February) (accessed 26 May 2019).
  • ^ Browne, Bruce, and Daryl Browne. 2018. ""Choral Arts Ensemble: Celebrating Past, Present, and Future". Oregon ArtsWatch (14 December). Orartswatch.ord (accessed 26 May 2019).
  • ^ "This Month at Illinois Wesleyan". Illinois Wesleyan University website (April 2016) (accessed 26 May 2019).
  • ^ a b Meckna, Michael. 2001. "Chatman, Stephen." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
  • ^ Strimple, Nick. 2002. Choral Music in the Twentieth Century. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-57467-378-4.
  • ^ "Newest Order of Canada recipients Include Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, ex-NHL Coach Pat Quinn". National Post (29 June 2012) (accessed 26 May 2019).
  • ^ "Calgary Composer Allan Bell Wins First Juno Award". Calgary Herald (29 March 2014) (accessed 26 May 2019).
  • ^ Ing, Joannie. 2018. "Dawn of Night: Music by Stephen Chatman. University of Toronto MacMillan Singers. Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor. Toronto: Centrediscs, CMCCD 24617, 2017. 1 compact disc (60 mins)". CAML Review / Revue de l’ACBM 46, No. 2 (August): 32–33.
  • ^ Wells, Diane. 2016. "Vocal and Choral: Stephen Chatman; Tara Wohlberg: Choir Practice – University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble; Nancy Hermiston; UBCSO; Jonathan Girard. Centrediscs CMCCD 22616 (musiccentre.ca)". The Whole Note (29 August) (accessed 26 May 2019).
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