Dr. Geoffrey Stanton
314 Cloverdale Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
USA
Phone: (734) 996-5508
E-mail: GTStanton@aol.com

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Quote: I am an eclectic composer and musician, very much a product of the times. What an exciting time to be living and working, when musical inspiration can be drawn from such a diverse palette! Though classically trained, I am equally at home with jazz, rock, hip-hop, and multimedia electronics.

Music Samples:

• Ready - NAACP National Convention, Cobo Hall, 2007 (5.4 Mb .mp3)
• Just as I Am - solo piano (3.8 Mb .mp3)
• Ballade - solo piano (4.3 Mb .mp3)
• Go Tell It - piano, 4 hands; KeyDuets (5.2 Mb .mp3)
• Festival Fanfare - brass (2.6 Mb .mp3)
• 4tet - string quartet; movements II, III; DSO players (5.7 Mb .mp3)
• Fuge in C - J.S. Bach - electronics (4.1 Mb .mp3)
• Continuum - electronic (4.2 Mb .mp3)
• Aurora - Aspen Festival Orchestra (13.9 Mb .mp3)
• Jupiter - G. Holst - organ/electronics (3.7 Mb .mp3)
• Reconciliation - gospel oratorio; I, II; Robert Robinson, Holly Collison, and Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir; Minneapolis, 2003 (7.8 Mb .mp3)
• Reconciliation IX (3.5 Mb .mp3)
• Reconciliation X (4.1 Mb .mp3)
• Listening to Fragrance - Candace de Lattre, Chris Burton, Michigan Opera Theatre (4.5 Mb .mp3)
• King Rap - Organ, percussion ( 4.9 Mb .mp3)

Profile:

• Resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife, Susan
• Faculty member at Marygrove College, Detroit (head of theory/composition and electronic music program, composer-in-residence)
• Director of music at large downtown church in Ann Arbor
• Artist and clinician for Rodgers Instruments, LLC
• Compositions have been heard throughout the U.S. as well as in Germany and England
• Numerous commissions, including American Composers Forum, colleges, churches, and individuals
• Published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Encore Music, and Möseler Verlag, Germany
• Author of “The Digital Musician” (Wayne Leupold Editions)
• Regular contributing editor for The Keyboardists Year
• Organist and choir director at conventions, including the United Methodist Church of Michigan and the NAACP national convention, Detroit
• Residency fellowships at Tanglewood, Aspen, Sandpoint, Atlantic Center for the Arts, June-in-Buffalo
• Awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Meet the Composer, NEA, U.S. Department of Education, Jacob Javits Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Knight Foundation, and others
• Active recitalist on organ and electronics
• Clinician in MIDI, choral techniques, and organ

List of Works - 2007:

Orchestra:

• Aurora
• Dawn

Orchestra and Choir:

• Reconciliation (Orchestra, Gospel Choir, Gospel Combo, and Soloists) *
• How Good and Pleasant (SATB and Orchestra) *

Band/Wind Ensemble:

• Cantabile and Dance

Chamber Ensembles:

• 4tet for string quartet *
• Passages for Flute, Oboe, and Piano *
• Restoration Dances for Violin and Piano
• 3 for 3 for Violin, Marimba, and Organ
• Montage for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), Violin, ‘Cello, Piano, and Percussion
• Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, ‘Cello, Piano, and Percussion
• Three Pieces for Violin and Organ *
• Night Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano *
• Toccata for Two for Organ, 4 hands, 4 feet *
• Coup de Grace for Two Pianos and Celesta
• Praeludium for Brass, Winds, and Piano
• Fanfares for Brass, Organ, and Timpani
• Laudate for Trumpet and Organ *
• Aire for Susan for Trumpet and Organ
• Passacaglia for Horn and Organ *
• Dreamscapes for Flute and Piano *
• Continuum for Flute, Trumpet, Violin, ‘Cello, Synthesizer, Multimedia, and Dance *
• Reverie for Piano, 4 hands
• Pulsar and Siderealis for Piano, 4 hands
• Festive Fanfare for Brass Quintet *
• Toccata-Rondo for Handbells and Organ *
• Prelude on Judas Macabeeus for Handbells
• King Rap for Organ, Narrators, and Percussion *

Instrumental Solos:

• Aetheria for Organ
• Rhythmos for Organ
• Chorale/Ostinato in a Russian Style for Organ
• Exultation for Organ *
• Fanfare for a Festival for Organ
• Suite for Organ
• Suite for Organ (The Beautiful River) *
• Orgelstasis for Organ *
• Partia for Organ *
• Prelude on a Riff (Ascension) for Organ
• Stained Glass for Organ
• Who Knew for Flute *
• Lullaby for Marimba *
• Fantasie for Piano *
• Monogram for Piano *
• Ballade for Piano
• Blue Prelude for Piano
• Fantasy leggiadro for Guitar
• Elegy for Harpsichord *
  

• Various pieces for Discover the Organ series, Wayne Leupold Editions

Journals:

• Pieces for The Keyboardist’s Year and The Organist’s Companion

Vocal

• Still Inside for Soprano, Tenor, ‘Cello, and Piano
• Prayer of St. Francis for Tenor and Piano
• A Perfect Gift for Mezzo-soprano
• Take My Life for Soprano
• The Empty Tomb for Tenor, Trumpet, Organ, and Timpani
• Listening to Fragrance for Contralto and Piano *

Choral

• Magnificat (SATB)
• Faith (SATB and Piano) *
• Let God’s Praise Be Heard (SATB and Organ, optional brass, timpani) *
• Let the Creator’s Praise Arise (SATB and Organ)
• Witness (SATB and Keyboard) *
• Ready (SATB and Keyboard, optional combo)
• Believin’ (SATB and Keyboard, optional combo)
• Blessed Are the Ones (SATB and Keyboard)
• We Shall See His Star (SATB and Keyboard, optional bass and guitar)
• Lord, How Marvelous Is Your Name (SATB and Keyboard, optional combo)
• Glory and Power (SATB and Keyboard, optional combo)
• O God, Fill Us Up (SATB and Keyboard)
• Let the Light Come Forth (SATB)
• Cast Off Encumbrances (SATB)
• Restoration (SATB)
• Taste and See (SATB and Piano)
• Responses for Worship (SATB)
• Hymns (Congregation)
• Sing a New Song to the Lord (Singt dem Herrn) (SATB and Organ, English/German)
• COCU Service music (Congregation and Organ, optional folk group) *

Handbells

• Fantasia on Judas Maccabeus
• Dance
• Child So Lovely

Theater

• A Man’s a Man (Brecht) *
• St. Joan of the Stockyards (Brecht) *
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Brecht) *
• The Business of Good Government (Arden) *
• Mauser (Mueller) *
• Electra (Sophocles) *

Electronic

• Something Wicked This Way Comes for solo tape
• The Trial of Lucullus (Brecht radio play) *
• Ecce Hominum for computer-controlled synthesizers and dance (video projections) *

Arrangements

• Cantabile and Dance (Piano-4 Hands)
• What Child is This? (SB)
• Spirit Song (SATB)
• God Has Smiled On Me (SATB)
• Es kommt ein Schiff (SATB)
• Noël Suisse (Daquin) (Brass and Organ)
• Veni Jesu (Cherubini) (SATB, Violin, and Organ)
• Spring (Vivaldi) (Organ)
• Jesus Loves Us (SATB)
• Go Tell It On the Mountain (SATB and Piano and *Piano, 4 hands)

* indicates a commissioned work