Stephen Chatman (D.M.A, University of Michigan) is Professor and Head of Composition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. A 2007 Juno nominee, he has received many composition awards, including 2005 and 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards "Outstanding Classical Composition", three B.M.I. Awards, Dorothy Somerset Award, and the 2001 BBC Masterprize short-list. His works, published by E.C. Schirmer, Oxford University Press, Boosey & Hawkes, earthsongs, Frederick Harris, Dorn, and T. Presser, and have sold 300,000 printed copies. Recordings include three choral collections performed by Vancouver Chamber Choir, Due North (Centrediscs) and Due West (CBC Records), Due East (Centrediscs, fall 2008 release), a chamber music collection, Vancouver Visions (Centrediscs), an instrumental/orchestral collection, Proud Music of the Storm (Centrediscs), and works on ATMA, Naxos, and CRI labels. His choral music is frequently performed and his orchestral music has been performed by the BBC Symphony, Berlin Radio Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Montreal, Edmonton, Sydney, Seoul, Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Winnipeg, Quebec, St. Louis, Calgary, Detroit, Dallas, and New World symphonies.