Short bio Jack Stamp
Full biography Jack Stamp
Jack Stamp is a well-known American composer, educator, and conductor. He was born on May 21, 1954, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Stamp started his career in music at an early age, learning to play the trumpet and later earning degrees in both music education and composition.
Throughout his career, Stamp has composed a wide variety of works for bands, orchestras, and chamber ensembles. His music reflects a unique blend of influences from classical, jazz, and popular music. He is known for his complex harmonies, striking rhythms, and use of extended techniques.
Some of Stamp's most notable compositions include "Gavorkna Fanfare," "Symphony No. 1 for Band," "In This Quiet Place," and "Four Maryland Songs." His works have been performed at major music festivals and events around the world, earning critical acclaim for their originality and brilliance.
In addition to his work as a composer, Jack Stamp is also a respected educator and conductor. He has taught at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he currently serves as Professor of Music. He has also conducted numerous ensembles, including the Keystone Wind Ensemble, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and the National Band Association Southwest Division Honor Band.
Overall, Jack Stamp is a significant figure in the world of American music. His compositions are bold, innovative, and frequently groundbreaking, and have earned him a place among the country's most respected and admired composers.
Compositions featuring Jack Stamp
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Lost Friendship, for string trio | 4:39 min | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| 2 | Vociferation, for brass band | 7:04 min | Band Music | 2022 |
| 3 | Mt Olive Fanfare, for brass quintet | 2:09 min | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| 4 | Suite for trumpet | 7:39 min | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| 5 | A Craic Situation, for brass quintet | 7:32 min | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| 6 | Red Cedar Lake Suite, for brass quintet | 12:00 min | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| 7 | Concertino for brass quintet & chamber orchestra | 9:46 min | Concerto | 2021 |
| 8 | Concertino for trumpet & jazz ensemble | 11:45 min | Concerto | 2020 |
| 9 | Handsel Overture, for brass band | 7:28 min | Band Music | 2019 |
| 10 | Lord, Keep Us Steadfast, for brass quintet | 3:25 min | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| 11 | Tocsin, for wind band | 5:08 min | Band Music | 2018 |
| 12 | Suite Madera, for wind quintet | 14:18 min | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| 13 | Infamy, for brass band | 3:03 min | Band Music | 2016 |
| 14 | And the Time Is, for chorus & percussion ensemble | 9:45 min | Choral | 2014 |
| 15 | Psalm 150, for organ & wind ensemble | 2:37 min | Band Music | 2013 |
| 16 | Canticle: Voces Cadentes, for narrator, chorus, string orchestra & band | 16:56 min | Choral | 2011 |
| 17 | Chorale Preludes (2), for wind ensemble | 7:26 min | Band Music | 2010 |
| 18 | Five Songs From the Hills, for wind ensemble | 16:06 min | Band Music | 2010 |
| 19 | Concertino for solo percussion & band | 11:04 min | Concerto | 2009 |
| 20 | Moltres' Dance, for wind ensemble | 5:34 min | Band Music | 2009 |
| 21 | Tarheel Sketches, for wind ensemble | 11:58 min | Band Music | 2008 |
| 22 | Symphony No. 1 ("In Memoriam of David Diamond"), for wind symphony | 22:41 min | Band Music | 2006 |
| 23 | Escapade, for band | 8:19 min | Band Music | 2002 |
| 24 | Three Places in England, for wind ensemble | 8:33 min | Band Music | 2001 |
| 25 | In This Hid Clearing..., for wind ensemble | 6:09 min | Band Music | 2001 |
| 26 | From Concrete to Cobblestones, for brass band | Band Music | 1996 | |
| 27 | Aubrey Fanfare, for wind symphony | 2:23 min | Band Music | 1995 |
| 28 | Four Maryland Songs | 11:54 min | Vocal Music | 1995 |
| 29 | Divertimento in "F" | 15:45 min | Orchestral | 1993 |
| 30 | Melting of the Winter's Snow | 7:47 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1992 |
| 31 | Fanfare for the Great Hall | 1:32 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1992 |
| 32 | Jigsaw | 8:48 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1992 |
| 33 | Elegy and Affirmation | 5:20 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1991 |
| 34 | O-Zone | 4:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1991 |
| 35 | Cenotaph | 1:45 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1991 |
| 36 | Chorale and Toccata | 5:25 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1991 |
| 37 | Gavorkna Fanfare, for band | 1:31 min | Band Music | 1990 |
| 38 | Elegy, for English horn & band | 6:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1990 |
| 39 | Remembrance of Things to Come | 4:55 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1989 |
| 40 | Love's Philosophy | 1:54 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1989 |
| 41 | Past the Equinox | 4:55 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1987 |
| 42 | Canticle | 4:48 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1985 |
| 43 | Journey Past the Unicorn | 2:28 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1977 |
| 44 | Antithigram | 5:02 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1977 |
| 45 | Three Turns, for brass quintet | 8:30 min | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| 46 | Daybreak, for marimba ensemble | 2:56 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1975 |
| 47 | The Final Beguine, for band | 7:48 min | Band Music | - |
| 48 | Variations on a Bach Chorale, for wind band | 9:38 min | Band Music | - |
| 49 | With Trump and Wing | 7:37 min | Orchestral | - |
| 50 | Southpaw, song cycle for tenor, double wind quintet & percussion | 13:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | Roulette's Deception, for band | 5:10 min | Band Music | - |
| 52 | Variations on Down Ampney (Come Forth, O Love Divine), for wind ensemble | 6:18 min | Band Music | - |
| 53 | String Quartet No. 1 | 13:43 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 54 | Prayer and Jubilation | 7:15 min | Band Music | - |
| 55 | Pastime, for wind ensemble | 4:38 min | Band Music | - |
| 56 | Kay a Teen, for band | 1:40 min | Band Music | - |
| 57 | In Final Obedience | 9:37 min | Band Music | - |
| 58 | Held Still in Quick of Grace | 4:19 min | Band Music | - |
| 59 | Fanfare for a New Era, for band | 2:21 min | Band Music | - |
| 60 | Fanfare - Sinfonia | 2:07 min | - | |
| 61 | Ere the World Began To Be | 4:44 min | Band Music | - |
| 62 | Declamation on a Hymn Tune, for brass ensemble & percussion | 3:58 min | Band Music | - |
| 63 | Cloudsplitter Fanfare | 1:26 min | - | |
| 64 | Cheers! for band | 1:57 min | Band Music | - |
| 65 | Be Thou My Vision, chorale prelude | 3:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 66 | As If Morning Might Arrive | 4:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | Aloft! | 1:54 min | Band Music | - |
| 68 | All Hail the Power, for wind symphony (collaborative work) | 9:13 min | Band Music | - |
Albums featuring Jack Stamp
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
David Hackbridge Johnson, Michael Halstenson, Harrison Birtwistle, Edward Gregson, Robert Bernat, Jack Stamp, Ben Gaunt, Liz Lane - Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp, Ben Palmer (7) – Postcards From Grimethorpe (Music For Brass Band)(CD, Album) | 2023 | Toccata Next |
| 2 |  |
Jack Stamp - Uptown Brass, Whittier String Trio, Hideaway Wind Quintet, Marissa Benedict, Charles Lazarus, Mill City Chamber Players, University Of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble – Chamber Music, Volume One: Music For Wind And Strings(CD, Album) | 2023 | Toccata Classics |
| 3 |  |
Samuel Adler - The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Wind Visions (The Music Of Samuel Adler)(CD, Album) | 2023 | Citadel (3) |
| 4 |  |
Hymn Tune Settings By Jack Stamp(CD, ) | 2022 | Mark Masters |
| 5 |  |
Recitatives & Episodes (The Chamber Music Of Jack Stamp)(CD, ) | 2021 | Mark Masters |
| 6 |  |
Jack Stamp, University Of Texas At El Paso Wind Symphony, University Of Texas At El Paso Symphonic Band, Bradley Genevro, Andrew Hunter (13), Lowell Graham – Uptick! - New Band Music By Jack Stamp(CD, ) | 2021 | Mark Masters |
| 7 |  |
IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp / Hesketh • Milburn • McTee • Whitacre • Bryant • Torke • Sparke • Hazo • Piston – Radiant Joy(CD, Album) | 2010 | Klavier Records |
| 8 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Jack Stamp(2×CD, Compilation, Stereo) | 2009 | GIA (2) |
| 9 |  |
Robert Washburn, The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Robert Washburn(CD, ) | 2009 | Klavier Records |
| 10 |  |
Gordon Jacob • Jack Stamp • Aaron Copland • Percy Grainger • George Gershwin • Alvin Chea • Jo Ella Todd • Derrick Fox • University Of Missouri Wind Ensemble • Thomas O'Neal – In This Hid Clearing…(16×File, MP3, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 11 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Showa Academia Musicae Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon / The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 6 Grades 4-5(3×CD, Album) | 2007 | GIA (2) |
| 12 |  |
Alfred Reed, The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Alfred Reed(CD, Stereo) | 2006 | Klavier Records |
| 13 |  |
IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp / Hazo • Danielpour • Mailman • Tull • Mennin • Torke • Yurko • Persichetti – Ride(CD, Album) | 2004 | Klavier Records |
| 14 |  |
H. Owen Reed, The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – H. Owen Reed(CD, ) | 2004 | Klavier Records |
| 15 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon / The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 4 Grades 4/5(3×CD, Album) | 2003 | GIA (2) |
| 16 |  |
The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp / North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon – Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 2 Grade 4 And 5(3×CD, Album) | 2003 | GIA (2) |
| 17 |  |
Norman Dello Joio, The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Variants On A Mediaeval Tune / From Every Horizon / City Profiles - Suite / Fantasies On A Theme By Haydn / Concertante For Wind Instruments(CD, ) | 2003 | Klavier Records |
| 18 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 3 Grade 4(3×CD, Album, Stereo) | 2002 | GIA (2) |
| 19 |  |
North Texas Wind Symphony, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon / The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 1 Grade 4(3×CD, Album) | 2001 | GIA (2) |
| 20 |  |
The O-Zone Percussion Group, Gary Olmstead, IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Whiplash(CD, Album, Reissue) | 2001 | Klavier Records |
| 21 |  |
IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Internal Combustion(CD, ) | 2001 | Klavier Records |
| 22 |  |
Jack Stamp, The Keystone Wind Ensemble – Cloudsplitter(CD, ) | 2000 | Citadel (3) |
| 23 |  |
Dello Joio / Camphouse / Creston / Persichetti / Mahr, The Keystone Wind Ensemble Conducted By Jack Stamp – Songs Of Abelard And Other World Premieres(CD, ) | 1998 | Citadel (3) |
| 24 |  |
Norman Dello Joio / William Schuman • Vincent Persichetti / Robert Russell Bennett, The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Pageant(CD, ) | 1998 | Citadel (3) |
| 25 |  |
Concordia University Wind Symphony, Richard Fischer (2), Jack Stamp – Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night(CD, ) | 1997 | Not On Label |
| 26 |  |
Diamond, Tull, Washburn, Stamp, Tower, The Keystone Wind Ensemble Conducted By Jack Stamp – Divertimento (Wind Music Of Diamond, Tull Washburn, Stamp, Tower)(CD, ) | 1995 | Citadel (3) |
| 27 |  |
Hanson • Persichetti / Stamp • Melillo • Camphouse • Tull, The Keystone And IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Celebrations(CD, ) | 1995 | Citadel (3) |
| 28 |  |
The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Past The Equinox (Music Of Jack Stamp)(CD, ) | 1994 | Citadel (3) |
| 29 |  |
Robert Ward (6), The Keystone Wind Ensemble Conducted By Jack Stamp – Night Fantasy (Music For Winds)(CD, ) | 1994 | Citadel (3) |
| 30 |  |
Ron Nelson (2), The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp – Ron Nelson(CD, ) | - | Klavier Records |
Videos featuring Jack Stamp
I. Song of the Termite People
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I. Song of the Termite People · Indiana University Wind Ensemble
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Ensemble: Indiana University Wind Ensemble
Ensemble: Indiana University
II. Passacaglia and Soliloquy
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II. Passacaglia and Soliloquy · Indiana University Wind Ensemble
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Ensemble: Indiana University Wind Ensemble
Ensemble: Indiana University
III. Round Dance
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III. Round Dance · Indiana University Wind Ensemble
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Ensemble: Indiana University Wind Ensemble
Ensemble: Indiana University of Pennsylvan
Bourree (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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Bourree (arr. for percussion ensemble) · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Gary Olmstead
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Ensemble: O-Zone
Daybreak
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Daybreak · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Jack Stamp
Ensemble: O-Zone Percussion Group
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Preludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) (arr. for...
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Preludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair) (arr. for percussion ensemble) · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01
The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 22 in B flat major, BWV 867 (arr. for percussion...
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The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 22 in B flat major, BWV 867 (arr. for percussion ensemble) · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Compo
Rainbow Ripples (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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Rainbow Ripples (arr. for percussion ensemble) · Brian Tychinski
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Bob Becker
Artist: Brian Tychinski
Composer: George Hamilton G
The Graceful Ghost (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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The Graceful Ghost (arr. for percussion ensemble) · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Smith
Ensemble: O-Zone Percussion Group
Composer:
Log Cabin Blues (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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Log Cabin Blues (arr. for percussion ensemble) · Marc Nelson
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Bob Becker
Composer: George Hamilton Green
Artist: Marc Nelson
Ens
The Whistler (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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The Whistler (arr. for percussion ensemble) · Greg Alico
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Bob Becker
Composer: George Hamilton Green
Artist: Greg Alico
Ensemble
Root Beer Rag (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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Root Beer Rag (arr. for percussion ensemble) · Jeff Senley
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Billy Joel
Composer: Buddy Holly
Artist: Jeff Senley
Ensemble: O-Zon
Whiplash (arr. for percussion ensemble)
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Whiplash (arr. for percussion ensemble) · O-Zone Percussion Group
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Snoeck
Composer: Hank Levy
Ensemble: O-Zone Percussion Group
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble
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Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble · Indiana University Wind Ensemble
O-Zone Percussion Group: Whiplash
℗ 2001 Klavier
Released on: 2001-01-01
Composer: Bruce Yurko
Ensemble: Indiana University Wind Ense
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