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Jack Stamp (born March 5, 1954 in
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) is a North American
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conductor and
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. He has approximately sixty compositions available from Neil A. Kjos Music Company, including his most well-known piece, Gavorkna Fanfare, which was dedicated to Eugene Corporon. In 1993, he formed the Keystone Wind Ensemble, comprising students, alumni and professors at
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, which has been recorded on 16 albums.


Biography

Starting in 2015, Jack Stamp became an adjunct Professor of Music at the
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where he teaches conducting. Prior to this appointment he served as Director of Band Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for 25 years. In addition, he also served as chairperson of the music department for six years. He received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from IUP, a Master's in Percussion Performance from
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, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting from
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where he studied with Eugene Corporon. Prior to his appointment at IUP, he served as chairman of the Division of Fine Arts at Campbell University in North Carolina. He also taught for several years at John T. Hoggard located in Wilmington, North Carolina (1979-1982). In addition to these posts, Dr. Stamp served as conductor of the
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Wind Symphony (1988–89) and was musical director of the Triangle Youth Brass Band, leading them to a national brass band championship in 1989. Stamp's primary composition teachers have been Robert Washburn and Fisher Tull, though he was strongly influenced by his music theory teachers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and East Carolina. Other studies include work with noted American composers David Diamond,
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and
Richard Danielpour Richard Danielpour (born January 28, 1956) is an American composer. Early life Danielpour was born in New York City of Persian Jewish descent and grew up in New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida. He studied at Oberlin College and the New E ...
. He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and composer throughout North America and Great Britain. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by leading military and university bands across the United States. In 1996, he received the Orpheus Award from the Zeta Tau Chapter of
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for service to music and was named a "Distinguished Alumnus" of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1999, he received the "Citation of Excellence" from the
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. In 2000, he was inducted into the prestigious
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. He was awarded the title of "University Professor" for the 2008-2009 academic year at IUP. This is the highest award the university gives to a professor.


See also

* Gavorkna Fanfare *
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Selected Recordings

* ''GIA'' Composer's Collection: Jack Stamp *
Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson ( ) (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as ...
- The Phantom Regiment and Other Tales * The Composer's Voice: Band Music of
Alfred Reed Alfred Reed (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was an American neoclassical composer, with more than two hundred published works for concert band, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble to his name. He also traveled extensively as a ...
* The Composer's Voice: Band Music of
William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. ...
* The Composer's Voice: Band Music of
H. Owen Reed Herbert Owen Reed (June 17, 1910 – January 6, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and author. Personal life Reed was raised in rural Odessa, Missouri, where his first exposure to music was his father's playing of the old-time fiddle ...
including interview * The Composer's Voice: Band Music of
Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. He won a 1957 Pulitzer Prize#Letters, Drama, Pulitzer Prize in 1957. Life Dello Joio was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to It ...
including interview * Out of the Depths - Music by African American Composers * Cloudsplitter - Music Composed & Conducted by Jack Stamp * Cornerstones of the British Band Repertoire * Pageant: American Music for Symphonic Bands * Dello Joio - Songs of Abelard and Other World Premieres * Wind Visions: The Music of Samuel Adler * Divertimento - Wind Music of American Composers * Celebrations * Night Fantasy - The Music of Robert Ward * Past The Equinox - The Music of Jack Stamp


Books and literature

* Larry Blocher,
Ray Cramer Ray E. Cramer (born 28 June 1940) is an American band conductor. Education Cramer has degrees from Western Illinois University and the University of Iowa. In December 1991, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater o ...
, Eugene Corporon, Richard Miles (1988). ''Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 2'' GIA Publications.


References


External links


Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Keystone Wind Ensemble


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