Stephen Jaffe
| Title: | Chair, Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition |
| Office Location: | 079 Mary Duke Biddle |
| Office Phone: | 919 660 3317 |
| Email Address: | sjaffe@duke.edu |
| Web Page: | http://music.duke.edu/jaffe.htm |
- Office Hours:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Education
- A.M. University of Pennsylvania, 1978
- A.B., summa cum laude, with distinction in Music University of Pennsylvania, 1977
Research Interests
My recent collaborations have been with the National Symphony Orchestra, The North Carolina Symphony, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, 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"). Fortunately, I am also able to pursue recording of my music, and to collaborate with other musicians on recording projects. This is ongoing, in particular with the third volume of recordings for Bridge, Inc. which has recently involved collaboration with the 21st Century Consort (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution), and the Odense Symphony Orchestra of Denmark. I see my life as a composer involving creation; collaboration, and advocacy for the art of music (including education, curation, and engagement with musical institutions).
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Koussevitsky International Recording Award, Musicians Club of New York, November, 2006
- Composer of the Year 2006, Classical Recording Foundation, September, 2005
- Howard Foundation Fellowship, Brown University, 1996
- American Academy Institute of Arts & Letters Lifetime Achievement Prize, May 1993
- Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, First Quartet, May 1991
- Brandeis University Creative Arts Citation, May 1989
- Guggenheim Fellowship, May, 1984
- Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, 1980-81
- Premier Medaille d’harmonie, Conservatoire de Genève, 1972, May 1972
Teaching (Fall 2008):
(typical courses)
- Music 139.01, Music and modernism
Synopsis
- Biddle 069, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
Selected Professional Work:
(More...)Articles
- S. Jaffe. "“Conversation Between J.S. and S.J. On The New Tonality”, Contemporary Music Review, ed. Nigel Osborne. 1992, Vol. 6, Part 2. pp. 27-38 (Harwood Academic Press).." (1992).
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and Chamber Concerto ("Singing Figures"). The Music of Stephen Jaffe Bridge Records, Inc. 9141, 2004 . (Koussevitsky International Recording Award, 2004) [abs]
- First Quartet for string quartet, Ciompi Quartet. American Music for String Quartet Albany Records, Troy CD 073, 1993 .
- Poetry of the Piedmont (Poesis Piementosa), , 2005-6
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellen, Music Director. For performance on 2006-2007 season. - Four Pieces Quasi Sonata for Viola and Piano, , 2005 -6
Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, Commission for Jonathan Bagg, viola, and Donald Berman, piano. - String Quartet No. 2 ("Sylvan and Aeolian Figures"), Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Commission for Miami Quartet, 2005
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, David Hardy, Cello, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, January 8-10, 2004
- Designs, for flute, guitar and percussion, Christine Gustafson and East Carolina University School of Music, 2001
- Homage to the Breath: Instrumental and Vocal Meditations for Mezzo soprano and Ten Instruments, Barlow Endowment, Brigham Young University and Twentieth Century Consort (Washington, DC), 2001
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Malina Music Director, 1999
- Songs of Turning, Oregon Bach Festival and Fromm Foundation, Harvard University, 1995
- CONCERTO for Violoncello and Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Kennedy Center, Washington, 2004/01/08
- Selected performances, Music Festivals, , 1991 - present
Monadnock Music Festival (1982, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2007) Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music (1989, 1991, 2006) Chamber Music Festival of the East (2000) Nottingham Festival (1997) Oregon Bach Festival (1996) Music Now! Prague (1994, 1995) Grand Teton Music Festival (1983) - Selected Orchestral and Large Ensemble Performances, , 1983 - present
Slovenska filharmonija (Slovenian Philharmonic), Ljubljana (Toshiro Yonezu) National Symphony (Leonard Slatkin) North Carolina Symphony (Grant Llewellyn) Oregon Bach Festival /Oregon Repertory Singers (Gilbert Seeley) San Francisco Symphony (Stephen Mosko) Greensboro (NC) Symphony (Stuart Malina) New Jersey Symphony (Hugh Wolff) New Hampshire Symphony (James Bolle) Seattle Symphony (Christopher Kendall) Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) di Roma (Massimo Pradella) Odense Symphony of Denmark (Donald Palma) Peabody Symphony (H. Teri Murai) Prism Orchestra (Robert Black) Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra (Tim Weiss)
- Chamber Music Festival of the East, Bennington College, 2000
- Composer in Residence, Oregon Bach Festival, 1996