Stephen Chatman (born 28 February 1950) is an American-born Canadian composer residing in

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. His compositions have been performed across Canada and in the United States.

Early life and education

Chatman was born in

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, and studied with Joseph R. Wood and Walter Aschaffenburg at the

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and with

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, and Eugene Kurtz at the

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, completing a D.M.A. degree in 1977. He also received a

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grant for study with

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at the

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in 1974.

Career

In 1976, Chatman joined the faculty of the

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, in

. 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''. Chatman became Head of the Composition Division of the UBC School of Music in 1977 and was promoted to Professor in 1987. He was named a Member of the

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in July 2012. In 2010 his composition "Magnificat" was his third nomination for a Juno Award. 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. His comic opera ''Choir Practice'', created with Tara Wohlberg, was performed by the University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble.

Notable students

John Burge, Richard Covey,

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, and

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References

* Footnotes

External links

Biography on the composer's homepage.Stephen Chatman
''AllMusic''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatman, Stephen Canadian classical composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 1950 births Living people Members of the Order of Canada University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Pupils of Karlheinz Stockhausen Canadian male classical composers 20th-century Canadian composers 20th-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male musicians Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni Fulbright alumni