Andrew Staniland

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Andrew Staniland
Born1977
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)Composer, professor
Website andrewstaniland.com

Andrew Staniland (born 1977) is a Canadian composer and guitarist. He is currently a professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. [1]

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Biography

Andrew Staniland was born in Red Deer, Alberta, in 1977. His first instrument was the guitar, and he began playing in heavy-metal bands as a young teen. Staniland began formal studies in jazz and arranging at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton (now MacEwan University), where he also studied composition with Gordon Nicholson. He then studied classical guitar at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, before obtaining both a Master's and Doctorate degree in Composition from the University of Toronto. [2]

A composer whose work has been performed and broadcast in over 35 countries, [3] Staniland has been commissioned by musicians and ensembles such as cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, Duo Concertante (violinist Nancy Dahn and pianist Timothy Steeves), the Gryphon Trio, and Les Percussions de Strasbourg. He has also been an Affiliate Composer with both the National Arts Centre Orchestra (2002–2004) and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2006–2009), and in 2005 was a composer-in-residence at the Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis in Paris. [4]

In 2010 Staniland joined the faculty of the School of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland, [2] where he teaches composition and electronic music. There Staniland founded the Memorial ElectroAcoustic Research Lab (MEARL), [1] where he is part of a cross-disciplinary research team that has created the Mune, an electronic music performance instrument that "combines the functionality of a MIDI controller ... with the expressiveness and simplicity of an acoustic instrument." [5]

Staniland is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, [3] a member of the Canadian League of Composers, [6] and an inaugural member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. [1]

Honours and awards

Staniland has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including a 2018 ECMA Award for Classical Composition of the Year (for The River is Within Us), [7] the 2016 Terra Nova Young Innovator Award, [8] the National Grand Prize of EVOLUTION (presented in 2009 by CBC Radio 2/Espace Musique and The Banff Centre), and the 2004 Karen Keiser Prize in Canadian Music. [9] He has also received three Juno nominations. [9]

Education

Compositions

Chamber music

Chamber music with electronics

Opera, vocal

Orchestra

Symphonic band

Selected discography

YearTitleComposersPerformersRecord Label
2018Go by ContrariesAndrew StanilandTyler Duncan, baritone; Martha Guth, soprano; Erika Switzer, pianoCentrediscs CMCCD25918
2017Encount3rsKevin Lau, Nicole Lizée, Andrew StanilandNational Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Analekta AN28871-2
2017Incarnation Chan Ka Nin, Denis Gougeon, Alice Ho, Jocelyn Morlock, Andrew StanilandDuo Concertante Marquis MAR479
2016Dark Star RequiemAndrew Staniland Elmer Iseler Singers, Gryphon Trio, et alCentrediscs CMCCD22716
2015Elements Eternal Brian Current, Michael Oesterle, Andrew Staniland, James K. WrightGryphon Trio; Julie Nesrallah, mezzo-soprano NAXOS 8.573533
2015Talking Down the TigerAndrew StanilandWallace Halladay, saxophone; Rob MacDonald, guitar; Ryan Scott, percussion; Frances-Marie Uitti, cello; Camille Watts, fluteNAXOS 8.573428

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References

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  2. 1 2 Bunce, Jonathan. "Andrew Staniland accelerates toward the next idea". Musicworks magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne. "Andrew Staniland: Biography". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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  5. "MUNE | Digital Instrument". MUNE. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. "Current Members | Canadian League of Composers". 8 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. "ECMA 2018 Wrap-Up: View The Full List Of Winners! – East Coast Music Association". www.ecma.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. "Awards and Honours". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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