Roger Stubblefield (1965 - )

Composer, conductor, and performer Roger Stubblefield has had compositions performed by members of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the State Orchestra of Merida in Venezuela.

Stubblefield has been a featured composer on the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society series and the Here and Now Music Festival at BargeMusic. He was also featured on several other music series in the tri-state area, including performances by the Jackson Heights Orchestra, New Jersey Wind Symphony, New Jersey’s Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, and Kean University’s Ars Vitalis Music Series. His “Concerto for Viola and Orchestra,” Opus 4, was premiered in 2011 by the State Orchestra of Merida in Venezuela under the direction of Maestro César Iván Lara. His “Divertissement for Cello and Piano,” Opus 8, was debuted at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Stubblefield’s newly available works from the American Composers Alliance include “Three Dances,” Opus 28 (2024) for clarinet, cello, and piano. The piece unfolds in three contrasting movements: Gavotte, Pas de deux, and Gigue, blending dance forms with a contemporary chamber texture in a crisp ensemble setting. “Music,” Opus 27 (2024), a duet for flute and viola offers a lean but expressive chamber canvas. In his vocal anthology “Levin Songs,” he presents a curated collection of art songs for voice and piano, drawn from collaborations with pianist-poet Beth Levin, that emphasize textual nuance, individual voice, and intimate expressive sincerity.