In Pieces In Pieces In Pieces Thomas Heuser, conductor
Jack Chen, flute
Curtis Foster, oboe
Chris Moreau, clarinet
Sara Fruehe, bassoon
Eric Knechtges, trombone
Derrick Wallace, trombone
Kimiko Yamada, trombone
Eric Guinivan, percussion
Max Tholenaar-Maples, percussion
Mary Rose Jordan, piano
Alex Sprung, violin
Gwen Miller, viola
Loren Serfass, cello
Summer Whimsy (several excerpts)
Anna Roberts, soprano
Myself, piano
Lucy Rosenberg, poet
Jeff Stanek (b. 1984), originally from Madison, Wisconsin, is a graduate student at
Indiana University, where he earned a Bachelors of Music with High Distinction in 2006.
He has studied composition with
Sven-David Sandstrom,
Don Freund,
Richard Wernick,
David Drexler,
Per Martensson,
Claude Baker,
P.Q. Phan,
Chinary Ung, and
Stephen Dembski.
He is the recipient of two BMI Student Composer Awards (2003 Carlos Surinach Prize, 2005), the Victor Herbert ASCAP Young Composers Award from the National Federation of Music Clubs (2008), first prize in the CEMJKO International Electroacoustic Music Contest (2006), and a Dean's Prize from Indiana University (2003), plus several other awards.
Festivals featuring recent or upcoming performances of his music include
Tanglewood (ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Fellow, 2008),
Bowdoin (2007),
the Midwest Composers Symposium (2007, 2003), and the
Ball State University Festival of New Music (2008).
Love & Aggression (2007)
Derek Johnson, electric guitar | Jean Hatmaker, amplified cello
Premiere at Ball State University Festival of New Music, March 2008
Thanks Jeff! I'm still very much a novice at this and am still entirely unsure what I'm doing. Hopefully I'll get better... haha.
How've you been? Things are going well in LA...getting ready for a crazy busy 2nd year of Master's. How about you? Are you headed for a doctorate next year? Let's definitely catch up soon!
good to see you! im studying to became a musicteatcher in a small musicuniversity in stockholm. mostly Im taking care of my two sons. how about you? do you still study? good to hear your music, im looking forvard to hear some more.
jeff - i got sick friday night and was unable to get out of bed until about 1:00pm yesterday. i hope the party went well! we must party over the break. take care.
Hi and greetings, stopping by to listen to your music, thank you for myspace friendship and wish you and yours a merry christmas/happy holidays and a equally happy, creative, prosperous new year!
What's up, man. Listened to your award-winning solo violin composition again last night - quite the masterpiece indeed.
Just listened to One Little Chord. Any chance you could post a description of how you created that work, e.g. what techniques and/or programs you used?
Jeff!
New York rules!
I'm broke because I'm not working but I'm writing a lot and hope to have this new orchestra piece done soon. It'll change your life forever. Keep on rockin' in the free world.
