Take 6, The Real Group, Vox One, The Singers Unlimited, Moses Hogan, Steve Reich, John Adams, Eric Whitacre, Alfred Schnittke, Luciano Berio, Arnold Schoenberg, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Earth, Wind, and Fire, William Dawson
John Stafford II, (b.1978), is originally from Danville, Illinois. He is currently appointed at Millikin University teaching music theory, composition, and vocal jazz. His music has been performed throughout North America and Europe. He has earned commissions from the Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano in the Dominican Republic, the New York Treble Singers, the Prairieland Voices Choral Ensemble, and Millikin University.
The University of Oregons Waging Peace Through Singing, an international competition for choral music on the theme of peace sponsored by the Carlton Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace, has recognized his work. He has also received recognition from other organizations such as American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, the Society of Composers Inc. (both national and regional conferences), the National Federation of Music Clubs, the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, the Sandusky New Music Festival, the North American Music Festival at Lynn University, the Otterbein Festival of Contemporary Music at Otterbein College and Primavera En La Habana 2004 (Spring in Havana 2004) International Electroacoustic Music Festival in Havana, Cuba. Also, he was recently selected as a finalist for the IV Edition of Pierre Schaeffer International Competition of Computer Music in Italy.
In addition, such artists as Velvet Brown, Marilyn Shrude, members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Hradec Kralove Mens Chorus, the Gregg Smith Singers, Chicago A cappella, the New York Treble Singers, the Millikin University Choir, Millikin University Childrens Choir, the Prairieland Voices, the University of Northern Colorado Womens Glee Club, the Anti-Social Music Ensemble (based out of NYC), and the Arkansas State University Faculty Brass Quintet had performed his music. Stafford is or has been a member of the Society of Composers Inc., American Choral Directors Association, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He holds degrees from Millikin University (B.M.) and Bowling Green State University (M.M.) and will begin his DMA in choral conducting at the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign in August 2006. His teachers have included Marilyn Shrude, Elainie Lillios, Burton Beerman, and David Burdick. Staffords music is published through First Step Publishing.
Whats good? just passin thru so i thought i'd drop u a comment seeing how i RARELY comment people lol (feel privaledged LOL) BUT ANYWAY how you doin? everything kool? come check out my page an lemme kno what u think of my music (got 1 hip hop tune up if u aint heard it) need ppls views n wat not! thanx also i wanna know what you perfer more.. grime or hip hop? and what would you wanna hear more of on my page? but anyway get back at me :D
Hey you - it's been a while. :-) I've been meaning to call since you got your new phone, but as usual, things have been crazily busy. But I'm on a not very fun vacation with my family, and I'm hoping to give you a call sometime in the next day or two. It's a good way to both catch up on phone calls to the many people I haven't talked to in months, and avoid my parents at the same time. :-) Hope things have been good with you, and that your holidays have been happy. I miss you!!
very fine! thanks a lot: for your interest of my digital music- and your adding. My wife is a professional leader of child and adult choirs... so I know the sounds and the problems-- Yoru small choice is impressive, and full of emotions... Thanks you for let me hear...
