Lindsay E. Stetner

Region: Prairie

Publishers: Other (LES Music)

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCby8Nrm4mBht5FWiXLSaYvQ

Lindsay Stetner (b. 1976) is a composer, performer and educator in Regina, Saskatchewan. Her works have reflected the need for quality and accessible Canadian compositions in not only professional concert halls but also elementary school gyms. In 1999, she received her Bachelor of Music Composition from the University of Regina, having studied with Dr. Thomas Schudel. Her Master of Music Composition from the University of Calgary was completed in 2002. While there she studied with Dr. William Jordan, Dr. David Eagle and Allan Gordon Bell. In 2011, her Bachelor of Education After Degree was awarded from the University of Regina, and in January of 2011 she began working for Regina Public Schools. In 2021, she completed a Master of Education degree at the University of Saskatchewan, under the supervision of Darren Oehlerking, for which her work included a set of arrangements for band of Métis folk songs.

Stetner has a wide variety of works in a wide variety of genres including small ensembles, orchestral, choral, band and on-site theatre productions. Over the years, her works have been played by the Regina Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and university, high school and junior high school bands as far away as Newfoundland. The blending of composer and educator has allowed Stetner ensure that students are aware that composers are not just a name on the top of a piece of music. Recently, she has begun to think more pedagogically about her writing for young bands by bringing in Canadian First Nations content into choral and band works.

(Composer website)