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STACY GARROP

a composer with a story to tell

a composer with a story to tell

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2025 WORLD PREMIERES
American Denim • University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Frederick and Susan B. • Cabrillo Festival of Music
Give Me Hunger • new edition for Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble
Invictus (piano concerto) • Chicago Philharmonic with Marta Aznavoorian, piano
Jarba, Mare Jarba • new edition for Black Oak Ensemble and ~Nois (string trio and saxophone quartet)
My True-Love Hath My Heart • Fourth Coast Ensemble

2024 WORLD PREMIERES
At Water's Edge • Ivana Govedarska, piano
Dunbar Songs • Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
Forged by the Sea • U.S. Navy Band • American Bandmasters Association National Conference
My Dearest Ruth • new treble choir edition • 21V
Repair the World • new chamber ensemble editions
Romani Songs • Cavatina Duo with guest cellist
Salon Music • saxophone quartet • Fauré Centennial Festival
There's a village in my sneakers • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts

2023 WORLD PREMIERES
Forging Steel • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
For Such a Time as This • Avalon Quartet
Noir Vignettes • new tenor saxophone edition • Joe Lulloff, sax, and Yu-Lien The, piano
Repair the World • Highland Park, IL ensembles
Song of Orpheus • Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Bird her punctual music brings • Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco
Thy Silver Pinions • National Collegiate Choral Organization Conference
NEW & UPCOMING RECORDINGS
Glorious Mahalia • "Glorious Mahalia" CD • Kronos Quartet • info forthcoming (upcoming in 2025)
Romani Songs • "River of Fire" CD • Cavatina Duo • Cedille Records (upcoming in 2025)
Terra Nostra • "Terra Nostra" CD • Northwestern University Choirs and Orchestra, Uniting Voices Chicago, soloists, and Stephen Alltop, conductor • Cedille Records (April 2024)
Repair the World • single digital release • Lincoln Trio • Cedille Records (June 2024)

FACULTY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS

• 2021-2025 HerVoice Emerging Women Choral Composers Competition
• 2024 Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
• 2022 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Conductors/Composers Workshop
• 2022 LunART Festival Composers Hub

GUEST COMPOSER RESIDENCES
• 2025 Kennesaw State University
• 2024 University of Northern Colorado - Greeley
• 2024 University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 2024 Fauré Centennial Festival, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2024 University of Denver
• 2023 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 2023 University of Texas at San Antonio New Music Festival
• 2023 Michigan State University
• 2022 Bowling Green State University New Music Festival


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  • HELIOS • 4’30” • 2 tpts/flugelhorns, hn, tbn, tba


    PROGRAM NOTES
    In Greek mythology, Helios was the god of the sun. His head wreathed in light, he daily drove a chariot drawn by four horses (in some tales, the horses are winged; in others, they are made of fire) across the sky. At the end of each day’s journey, he slept in a golden boat that carried him on the Okeanos River (a fresh water stream that encircled the flat earth) back to his rising place. The cyclic journey of Helios is depicted in this short work for brass quintet. The first half is fast-paced and very energetic, while the second half is slow and serene, representing day and night.
    -S.G.