Stephen Chatman
Stephen Chatman (born 28 February 1950) is an American-born Canadian composer residing in Vancouver. His compositions have been performed across Canada and in the United States. Early life and education. Chatman was born in Faribault, Minnesota, and studied with Joseph R. Wood and Walter Aschaffenburg at the Oberlin Conservatory and with Ross Lee Finney, Leslie Bassett, William Bolcom, and Eugene Kurtz at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, completing a D.M.A. degree in 1977. He also received a Fulbright grant for study with Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne in 1974. Career. In  1976, Chatman joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. He composed a number of musical works in the 1980s, including the suite "There Is Sweet Music There" for chorus and oboe, and the choral work "Due North". Chatman became Head of the Composition Division of the UBC School of Music in 1977 and was promoted to Professor in 1987. He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in July 2012. In 2010 his composition "Magnificat" was his third nomination for a Juno Award.