Nolan Stolz, composer

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Merritt

Album: Yale BrassTrio

Released: Jun 6, 2008

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Merritt
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Legend of Waianapanapa Caves
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Haystacks excerpt 4orchestra
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Duet for Drumset and Xylophone
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Miniature For Solo Piano
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General Info

Genre: Classical / Classical Opera and Vocal / Electroacoustic
Location Las Vegas, Nevada, Un
Profile Views: 13589
Last Login: 4/15/2011
Member Since 2/7/2007
Website www.nolanstolz.com
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Bio
Nolan Stolz is a composer-theorist living in his hometown of Las Vegas, NV. As a Visting Lecturer at UNLV, Dr. Stolz teaches undergraduate and graduate music theory and composition. Stolz's compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and across Europe, including festivals such as the Academie Internationale d'Ete de Nice (FRANCE), Suolahti International Summer Music Festival (FINLAND), Belvedere Chamber Music Festival, Electroacoustic Juke Joint, eXtensible Electric Guitar Festival, Las Vegas International New Music Festival, Las Vegas Music Festival, Music Today Festival, and the Oregon Bach Festival. He has been commissioned by the Alturas Duo, CCSU Chamber Players, Synchronix, LVA Jazz Ensemble, Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra, SUNY-Stony Brook, Aaron Larget-Caplan, Leslie Ann Leytham, Robert Plotkin and Peter Scuderi. Stolz was awarded the Max DiJulio Composition Prize, second prize in the New Zealand Association of Organists International Competition, and the Most Outstanding Student Composition Award at the 2009 College Music Society Northeast Conference. His Lullaby for Sam was recently released on Aaron Larget-Caplan's New Lullaby CD from the Six Strings Sounds label. Other commercial releases are forthcoming. As a music theorist, Stolz has given lectures at Queen's University (Canada), The Hartt School, MACRO Musicians' Workshop, and at Society of Composers Inc.'s regional and national conferences. He has presented additional research at College Music Society's regional and national conferences. His article on Schoenberg's fourth string quartet is available online. As artistic director of New Music Hartford, Stolz curates concerts featuring works by living composers. Stolz is also a drum set performer in both the rock and jazz idioms, working with notable bands such as Swinging Popsicle and Art Rock Circus. He appears on several commercial recordings, one of which includes jazz greats Ron Carter, Phil Woods, Monty Alexander, Kenny Burrell and several others. Dr. Stolz holds degrees from The Hartt School, University of Oregon, and UNLV. His composition teachers include Virko Baley, Robert Carl, David Crumb, Robert Kyr, Larry Alan Smith and Ken Steen.
Members
Some Groups and Solo Musicians that have performed and/or commissioned Stolz's compositions:.. Individuals (soloists):.. Virko Baley (as pianist and conductor).. Agah Davenport (Eastman violinist).. Jed Distler (New York based composer-pianist).. Bethany Evans (Oregon based harpist).. Adam Foster (UNLV guitar faculty).. David Hamano (NY violist).. James Harvey (Las Vegas violinist).. Dr. John Jantzi (Oregon organist).. Jon Lee Keenan (Los Angeles- based tenor).. Denitza Larsen (violist from Las Vegas Philharmonic).. Alex Le (NY pianist).. Lisa Maresch (LA pianist).. Laura Martin-Prokopyk (former Cleveland Chamber Orchestra concertmaster).. Sarah Minette (Wisconsin-based bass clarinetist).. Joshua Rubin (NYC clarinetist from the New York Miniaturist Ensemble).. Bonnie Vize (Minnesota/Wisconsin based organist) .. Ben Wheeler (Oregon/Washington bassist).. Chamber Ensembles:.. Yale Brass Trio (faculty ensemble from Yale).. Fireworks (NYC-based new music ensemble).. Hartt Composers Ensemble.. Las Vegas Music Festival String Quartet.. Luna Nova New Music Ensemble (Memphis).. Matrix Music Collaborators (NYC).. NEXTET (Las Vegas-based new music ensemble) .. Synchronix (College of Southern Nevada Faculty New Music Ensemble).. Large Ensembles:.. Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts Big Band .. Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra.. Milwaukee Concert Band.. New Frontiers Chamber Orchestra.. Oregon Composers Forum.. Oregon Jazz Ensemble..
Influences
Mahler was a large influence on my formative years.
Sounds Like
some composers and musicians have said Frank Zappa, and I tend to agree...