Neil Stipp
*18 October 1953
Works by Neil Stipp
Biography
Neil Stipp is a free-lance performer, teacher, and composer. In 2003, he received his doctorate at UCLA (full scholarship), majoring in organ performance. He won first prize in the international 2010 AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition for his anthem “May Your Life Be Filled with Gladness,” premiering in Washington D.C. Dr. Stipp has won numerous ASCAPlus awards for the prestige value of his catalog of composed compositions, and has been a finalist for The American Prize in composition. Recently in April of 2021, his “Symphony Capriccio” was premiered live in the Republic of Moldova in Eastern Europe, and he was a Platinum Winner in composition for the symphony by the Lit Talent Awards later in the year. His works have been performed throughout the United States, and also in Canada, Greece, Moldova, and Poland, and have been recorded on CDs and on YouTube. When he’s not busy with music, his hobbies include hiking, travelling, playing Sudoku, and dining with his sons.
About the music
The music of Neil Stipp is basically neo-classical in style, and generally non-programmatic. There are over 120 works in his catalog, including mostly chamber music. His major instrument is the organ, and through this instrument he has written a few sonatas, a lot of hymn arrangements, a suite for organ and string orchestra, and music for organ performing with one other instrument, including the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, and cello.