"...an eclectic blending of the serial composers and jazz performers from the middle of the 20th Century..."
Frank Stemper
Teacher
Composer in Residence
Professor Emeritus
1983-2014
Southern Illinois University
Professor Emeritus
1983-2014
Southern Illinois University
Currently Freelance Educator
Private Lessons
Composition — Jazz Piano — General Music
Private Lessons
Composition — Jazz Piano — General Music
Lecturing in The Netherlands
PRIVATE STUDENTS
After 36 years teaching formally in Higher Education, Frank Stemper retired and relocated to his home town. He and his wife currently live in Fox Point, Wisconsin and are enjoying the doings of their five children, and their grandchildren.
Frank now maintains a private composing, recording, and teaching studio and is accepting serious students who would like to pursue their musical interests. Frank has taught hundreds of students from high school age, through adult, including some retired folks who have always wanted to develop their talents. Therefore, students of all ages are welcome and encouraged to request further information regarding PRIVATE STUDY with Frank Stemper:
COMPOSITION GENERAL MUSIC JAZZ PIANO
After 36 years teaching formally in Higher Education, Frank Stemper retired and relocated to his home town. He and his wife currently live in Fox Point, Wisconsin and are enjoying the doings of their five children, and their grandchildren.
Frank now maintains a private composing, recording, and teaching studio and is accepting serious students who would like to pursue their musical interests. Frank has taught hundreds of students from high school age, through adult, including some retired folks who have always wanted to develop their talents. Therefore, students of all ages are welcome and encouraged to request further information regarding PRIVATE STUDY with Frank Stemper:
COMPOSITION GENERAL MUSIC JAZZ PIANO
EDUCATION and TEACHING EXPERIENCE
BMus 1975 — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, Canada
piano with Robert Silverman
MA 1978 — Music Theory and Composition — State University of New York at Stony Brook
Composition with David Lewin
Awards:
Masters Student Teaching Assistantship, 2 years
2 Summer Research Fellowships
PhD 1981 — Music Theory and Composition — University of California at Berkeley
Composition with Andrew Imbrie
Awards:
Alfred Hertz Fellowship
Teaching Associate, 3 years
Recording Engineer and caretaker of the Berkeley Electronic Music Studio (EMS), 1979-81
George Ladd Prix de Paris, 1981-1983
Post-Doc — Paris, 1981 - 1983
A two year residency in Paris, France, under support of the George Ladd Prix de Paris.
Study in Music Theory with Betsy Jolas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Music;
Computer music studies at Pierre Boulez's L’Institute de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (I.R.C.A.M.)
Independent work in composition; World Premiere of VIOLIN CONCERTO (1979) by the Utrecht Conservatorium Orchest - Melvin Margolis, Music Director
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1983 – 2014
Professor of Music & Composer in Residence
—Director of Graduate Studies in Music
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
•Composition – High School through graduate levels
•Music Theory – diatonic and chromatic tonal thru advance graduate levels
•Modern and Serial Harmony
•Aural Skills and Sight Singing
•Orchestration
•ElectroAcoustic and Computer Music
•History of Modern Music
•Avant Garde Piano
•Specialized Performance Practices of Modern Music — for all instruments
•Jazz
•Piano Instruction
•Harmony, Improvisation, and Composition
•History
BMus 1975 — University of British Columbia — Vancouver, Canada
piano with Robert Silverman
MA 1978 — Music Theory and Composition — State University of New York at Stony Brook
Composition with David Lewin
Awards:
Masters Student Teaching Assistantship, 2 years
2 Summer Research Fellowships
PhD 1981 — Music Theory and Composition — University of California at Berkeley
Composition with Andrew Imbrie
Awards:
Alfred Hertz Fellowship
Teaching Associate, 3 years
Recording Engineer and caretaker of the Berkeley Electronic Music Studio (EMS), 1979-81
George Ladd Prix de Paris, 1981-1983
Post-Doc — Paris, 1981 - 1983
A two year residency in Paris, France, under support of the George Ladd Prix de Paris.
Study in Music Theory with Betsy Jolas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Music;
Computer music studies at Pierre Boulez's L’Institute de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (I.R.C.A.M.)
Independent work in composition; World Premiere of VIOLIN CONCERTO (1979) by the Utrecht Conservatorium Orchest - Melvin Margolis, Music Director
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1983 – 2014
Professor of Music & Composer in Residence
—Director of Graduate Studies in Music
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
•Composition – High School through graduate levels
•Music Theory – diatonic and chromatic tonal thru advance graduate levels
•Modern and Serial Harmony
•Aural Skills and Sight Singing
•Orchestration
•ElectroAcoustic and Computer Music
•History of Modern Music
•Avant Garde Piano
•Specialized Performance Practices of Modern Music — for all instruments
•Jazz
•Piano Instruction
•Harmony, Improvisation, and Composition
•History
