Jason Stanford (b.1976) has composed works for all manner of forces. His catalog includes works for solo, vocal, chamber, live electronic and electro-acoustic music, a number of works for symphony orchestra, and even some music for animation and video games.  His works have been performed in Canada and the United States by many great soloists and ensembles including:  The U of T faculty woodwind quintet, The Avenue Winds Quintet, guitarist Rob MacDonald, bassoonist Charles Moenke, and most recently by the TorQ Percussion Quartet

 
Jason Stanford holds both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in composition from The University of Western Ontario, where his teachers included Omar Daniel, Peter Paul Koprowski, and David Myska.  Presently, Jason is in the final stages of completing his Doctorate in music composition at the University of Toronto, finishing his thesis composition, his latest work for symphony orchestra, with his advisor Christos Hatzis. 
Jason is a member of the Toronto-based Composer/Musicians collective AngelusNovus.net an ensemble dedicated to regular performances of contemporary music composed and performed by its various members.  Recent concerts have included new works by Jason for live electronics consisting of multi-channel surround audio spatialization, and digital video projection.
Upcoming projects include a piece for solo bassoon and multi-channel audio to be performed in San Francisco by Charles Moenke in May 2007,  and a multi-channel surround audio and digital video piece for the next AngelusNovus.net concert in April 2007.
 
 
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