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Frank Stemper Composer In Residence 618-453-5817
Originally from Milwaukee, Frank Stemper teaches all levels of composition
His original music, available on several CD labels, has been critically acclaimed throughout the world and performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center, and internationally in Canada, Mexico, England, Holland, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Kiev and Japan. Larger compositions have been performed by the Romanian Radio Orchestra, the Filharmonica Mihil Jora, the Orquesta Sinfonica in Mexico, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Austria’s Jugendsinfonieorchester Dornbirn, the Utrecht Conservatorium Orchest in Holland, as well as other contemporary music ensembles like Earplay (San Francisco), the Almont Ensemble (Los Angeles), the Altgeld Chamber Players (Carbondale), the Sylvan Wind Quintet (New York City), Pastiche (Louisiana), the Archaeus Ensemble (Romania), Catalyst (England) and many other musicians throughout the World.
His work has been supported by numerous grants from such organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the American Music Center, 19 consecutive A.S.C.A.P. Awards, the New York Council on the Arts and Meet the Composer. His music has also received awards, such as the George Ladd Prix de Paris and Phi Kappa Phi Artist Artistic Achievement Award, and several other fellowships and residencies throughout the United States, Mexico, Eastern and Western Europe.
His teachers include composer Andrew Imbrie (Ph.D. - University of California-Berkeley), theorist David Lewin (M.A. - SUNY-Stony Brook) and pianist Robert Silverman (BMus - University of British Columbia - Vancouver). |
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