One of Canada's most prominent composers, Stephen Chatman (D.M.A, University of Michigan) is Professor of Composition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He has received many composition awards, including 2005, 2006 and 2010 Western Canadian Music Awards Classical Composition of the Year; 2010 and 2012 SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award; three BMI Awards (New York); multiple JUNO Award nominations; Dorothy Somerset Award; and the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is also the only Canadian ever short-listed for the BBC Masterprize (London). In 2012, Dr. Chatman was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Recordings include three choral collections performed by Vancouver Chamber Choir, Due North (Centrediscs) and Due West (CBC Records), Due East (Centrediscs), Magnificat (Centrediscs), A Chatman Christmas (Centrediscs); a chamber music collection, Vancouver Visions (Centrediscs); instrumental/ orchestral collections, Proud Music of the Storm (Centrediscs), Earth Songs (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.