Glenn Stallcop
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Music Arizona Concert, June 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Glenn Stallcop, an
active and versatile composer, musician, and teacher,
was born in 1950 in Vancouver, Wash., and grew up in
Seattle. He received a bachelor’s of music degree from
the University of Washington in 1976 and a master’s
degree in music from Arizona State University in 1993,
where he was awarded Outstanding Graduate in Music
History, Theory, and Composition. His major teachers
include Robert Suderberg, William Bergsma, and Chinary
Ung for composition, Ring Warner and Steve Brewster for
double bass, and Frits Scavenius for piano. In 1973,
Stallcop moved to Phoenix to take a position as double
bassist with The Phoenix Symphony, a position he still
holds. He was also appointed principal double bass in
the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts summer orchestra in
1993, after serving as assistant principal since 1983.