He served as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Western Illinois University (2003-2005). degree from Brigham Young University (1997). degree (2005) and a M.M degree (2000) from the University of North Texas and the B.Mus. Anderson is Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina and serves as Director of Jazz Studies and Director of the UNC Summer Jazz Workshop. Other wwards include finalist, two commissions from the Barlow Endowment (2005, 2010), finalist, West Point Jazz Knights Composers Forum competition (2011), Chapman Family Foundation Teaching Award (2014), Junior Faculty Development Award-UNC (2008), United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, the UNC Research Council, and the “Village Pride, Hometown Hero Award” WCHL Chapel Hill Radio (2008).ĭr. His concert works have been performed internationally, including performances at the Festival Internacional Musiquem Lleida! (Coral Shalom and string orchestra, Lleida, Spain), the Festival Internacional de Percusión Tamborimba (Orquesta Filarmónica de Cali, Colombia), the College Band Directors National Association, the International Tuba Euphonium Association, and the Australian Trumpet Guild, in addition to performances by the West Point Military Academy Band, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Montclair State Wind Symphony, Crested Butte Chamber Orchestra, the MIT Concert Band and other ensembles. (Photo Courtesy of Stephen Anderson)Īnderson was a finalist for the 2021 American Prize in Composition in the Orchestra division for his symphonic work, Concerto for Puerto Rico. The European premiere of Anderson’s oratorio, Isaiah, at the Musiquem Lleida! Festival Internacional de Música in Lleida, Spain by the Coral Shalom, Orchestra del Festival Musiquem Lleida!, October 4-6, 2019. The DJP appeared on MúsicaPress TV (2021), and several articles have been published about the group in Santo Domingo newspapers ( REPORTEEXTRA, Areito, Vivir.Alegria). Associated with the 2022 Jazzomania Jazz Festival IV, and as founder and director of the Dominican Jazz Project, Anderson was formally recognized and distinguished by the Minister of Culture, Señora Milagros Germán, government of the Dominican Republic for “his research and contributions to the national musical heritage” have “generated pieces and compositions whose contents are based on the roots of native Dominican music that “have traveled with our seal of identity.” The Dominican Jazz Project was invited to the Palacio Nacional for the “condecoración” ceremony of bandmate, Guillo Carias, by President Luis Rodolfo Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic. His work with the Dominican Jazz Project and Marimjazzia Latin jazz ensembles have led him to perform at multiple festivals in the Caribbean, as well as in Central and South America since 2014. (L-R) Stephen Anderson, Carlos Francisco Elias, President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, Guillo Carias for the presidential decorating of Guillo Carias – Jazzomania Jazz Festival IV 2022 – Anderson’s recordings have received feature reviews in JAZZIZ, All Music Guide, All About Jazz, Jazz Weekly, Jazz Times, Jazz en Dominicana, Musical Memoirs, and Root’s Music Report. Both the Stephen Anderson Trio Nation Degeneration and Forget Not CDs received 4½ stars (out of 5) from the All Music Guide, and Forget Not was nominated best jazz “Debut CD” at the 3 rd Annual Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll (2008). Anderson’s composition, Un Cambio de Ritmo, was listed in All About Jazz’s top “Popular Songs: 2021,” and the Desde Lejos CD was listed on Root’s Music Report, “Top Jazz Album Chart 2021.” The Dominican Jazz Project was recognized in both Mark Sullivan’s “Best Releases of 2016” (All About Jazz) and Ken Frackling’s “2016 Best Latin/Brazilian Jazz Recordings” (Jazz Notes). The Dominican Jazz Project Desde Lejos CD received two awards in the Premios Indie Dominicano 3ra edición in the categories of of Best Jazz Album ( Desde Lejos) and Best Jazz Song (for Anderson’s composition, Fuera de la Oscuridad) that were held January 31, 2023. For his work as composer, pianist, and band leader for the Dominican Jazz Project, his recordings have been praised as “vibrant, passionate music” ( JAZZIZ) and “more sizzling than fried peppers and onions” (Jazz Weekly). Many of Anderson’s recordings have appeared on the Grammy ® Awards (53 rd, 56 th, 58 th, 59 th, 64 th) and Latin Grammy ® Awards (17 th and 23 rd) ballots representing Summit Records. ![]() ![]() Described as “ a true piano monster” (All About Jazz) and as “a bright star on the jazz horizon” (Musical Memoirs), STEPHEN ANDERSON is a critically acclaimed composer and pianist whose music has been published on twenty compact discs through Summit, Albany, Nagel Heyer Records, and other labels.
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