Stephen Chase
Creator, Performer (individual)
Biography
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Residence/Main Office Nairnshire
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See the full list of works by Stephen Chase
Stephen Chase composes, improvises, and walks quite a lot. His work veers erratically between generative ideas and following his nose, exploring, amongst other things, aspects of group interaction, collaboration, acoustical phenomena, and the passing of time. Co-conspirators and performing comrades have included Exaudi, Quatuor Bozzini, Philip Thomas, Choir Brevis, Music We’d Like to Hear, Bank Street Arts, CoMA, Ryoko Akama, Patrick Farmer, Ross Parfitt, Coastguard All Stars, Taku Sugimoto, piggle, and Freaking Glamorous Teapot. He is co-editor of Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff, and convenes the occasional performance series, mon se taire truc. Website
News and New Projects Finer Music, Out-of-Doors Suite
Residence/Main Office Nairnshire
Contact email
Works
| Title | Year composed | Instrumentation Genre |
|---|---|---|
| I saw these gaps of explanation rolling like wheels contrary within themselves, alien motions on fire with coriolis demeanour | 2014 | Ensemble (no conductor) |
| Jandl Songs | 2021 | Vocal |
| Out-of-Doors Suite | 2023 | Other |
Upcoming events
- 20 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 25 May 2026, 12:30
[Composers' Coffee Club: online coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 27 May 2026, 13:00
[Free Online Composer Support Calls] - 28 May 2026, 17:00
[Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland] *NMS event - 29 May 2026, 19:00
[Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow]
Recent updates
Works
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
- Perihelion, by Neil Tòmas Smith
Events
- Concerts for a Summer’s Night 2026
- Ipsa Collective: McEwen Bequest Concert at University of Glasgow
- Peer to Peer session: Collaborating to increase commissioning for Scottish composers and performances of new music throughout Scotland
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Development Opportunities for Scottish composers / composers based in Scotland
- soundcurators: Call for early-career Scottish-based composers/performers
- Classical EDI Development Programme - Chamber Music Scotland
