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Stephen Jaffe (born December 30, 1954, in Washington, D.C. [1]) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and serves on the music faculty of Duke University, where he holds the post of Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition; his colleagues there include composers ...
Stephen Jaffe’s recent chamber works are a Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, written for Washington D.C.’ s 21st Century Consort and premiered in February 2022, and Mother Tongues (four songs of Tsitsi Jaji) for soprano and piano, written for Louise Toppin’s New Generation Project. The cantata A Forest Unfolding is inspired by recent ...
Composer Stephen Jaffe is the Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition at Duke University. We spoke in his office there in Durham NC on June 25, 2007.
Stephen Jaffe (1954-) By Hal Haskins Born in Washington, D.C., in 1954, Stephen Jaffe is a widely sought after and performed American composer. He grew up in a musically rich background. Though his parents were geologists, his father took up composition as a hobby. His brother Andy became a renowned jazz pianist, composer and educator.
Full biography Stephen Jaffe. Stephen Jaffe is an American composer whose work has been regularly performed in the United States and Europe. He was born on December 30, 1954, and has achieved significant recognition for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
Research profile and professional activities of Stephen Jaffe. My recent collaborations have been with the National Symphony Orchestra, The North Carolina Symphony, and the Kennedy Center Chamber Players, and have included orchestral works (Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Poetry of the Piedmont, and Cut Time) as well as chamber music (String Quartet No. 2 ("Sylvan and Aeolian Figures").
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2022. Bridge Records released The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 in February 2022. For the fourth volume of music by Stephen Jaffe, the composer writes that he is "searching for sounds and musical relationships to create something new, like a poetry--where listeners may discover lyrical expression and an arc of narrative." The Music of Stephen ...
