Nolan Stolz (b. 1981) is an active composer, theorist, drummer and teacher living in Las Vegas, NV. He holds a doctorate in composition from The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, where he studied with composers Robert Carl, Larry Alan Smith and Ken Steen. He studied with Robert Kyr and David Crumb at the University of Oregon, and with Virko Baley at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
His compositions have been performed throughout the United States, in Canada, and in Europe (Austria, France, Finland and Germany). His music has been included in the Extensible Electric Guitar Festival, Las Vegas Music Festival, Belvedere Chamber Music Festival, the Music Today Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Electroacoustic Juke Joint and the Las Vegas International New Music Festival. Dr. Stolz is the Artistic Director of New Music Hartford (based in Hartford, CT).
As a drummer, he has performed and recorded with the jazz fusion band Coalition and with prominent jazz artists such as Monty Alexander, Ron Carter, and Phil Woods. He also is a member of the internationally renowned progessive rock band, Art Rock Circus. He also has played several concerts with J-Pop band Swinging Popsicle (from Tokyo) in Japan, California, Virginia and New York.
Dr. Stolz teaches private composition lessons and undergraduate and graduate courses in theory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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