The music of Frank Stemper has been performed by orchestras, ensembles, and soloists in 23 countries and two-thirds of the United States — in Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Budapest’s Pannonhalma, Vienna’s Klaviersalon Englemier, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Bucharest’s Anteil Roman, San Francisco’s Cowell Theater, Milwaukee’s Performing Arts Center, etc., and has been heard on International Radio Networks throughout Europe.

His work as a composer has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the New York Council on the Arts, the California Arts Council, Meet the Composer and MTC—Global Connections, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, and the governments of Mexico, Romania, Spain, Austria, and The Netherlands. And he has received 33 commissions for new work from various new music foundations and societies throughout the world.

Among the many awards and prizes for his music are the 1981 George Ladd Prix de Paris, four artist fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, 26 consecutive ASCAPlus awards, etc., as well as nominations for both the Grammy and Pulitzer Prizes.  BLUE13, a recently released recording of Stemper’s complete music for piano, performed by the Korean pianist Junghwa Lee, received a Gold Medal and was voted No. 4 in Global Music’s “Top 10 Albums of 2015.”

Through his multiple artist and teaching residencies in Mexico, Romania, Spain, The Netherlands, and France, as well as more than 50 Guest Composer appearances at international festivals, his music has maintained a presence on the world new music scene. His mentors were composer Andrew Imbrie, theorist David Lewin, and pianist Robert Silverman, and from 1983 to 2014 he served as

Composer In Residence at Southern Illinois University.

His music is an eclectic blending of the serial composers and jazz performers from the middle 50 years of the 20^th Century.

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Recordings of Stemper’s music are commercially available on Albany Records, Prestige, Centaur, Advanced, Reception, Opus One, Soundcloud, and I-Tunes.  Scores, parts, and other related performance materials, as well as recordings not available commercially, are available through this website.

R E C O R D I N G S

Commercially Available

BLUE13

COMPLETE MUSIC FOR PIANO

performed by

Junghwa Lee

on Albany Records

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Toot tooT

performed by

David Gier, trombone

with

David Greenhoe , trumpet and Shari Rhoads, piano.

on Albany Records

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So It Goes

performed by

PASTICHE
Dave Scott, trumpet            Jan Fillmore Scott, clarinet,

Fred Sahlmann, piano        Dave Walton, percussion.

on Centaur Records

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Panic 2000

solo percussion & computer

performed by

Kevin Lucas

on SOUNDCLOUD

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Clarinet Piece

for solo clarinet,

performed by

Eric Mandat

on "The Extended Clarinet."

on Advance Records

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Chameleon

for clarinet, string trio and piano,

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Two Pieces for Baby

performed by

The Almont Ensemble, with

Al Rice - clarinet         David Sterman, violin    

Cynthia Fogg, viola      Tom Flaherty

and the late Charlotte Zelka piano

on Opus One Records, Inc.

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Panic 2000

solo percussion & computerr

performed by

Kevin Lucas

on "Carpe Noctem" by the "Dead Musicans' Society.

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New CDs COMING SOON:

••••Recent Chamber Music by F. Stemper.

Performed and Recorded by Various performers

The Altgeld Chamber Players & Celliola

••••New American Music for Viola (

Performed and Recorded by Jacob Tews, violist