Welcome to the official website of Frederick Stocken, the British composer whose
credits include the best-
His serious but accessible musical style speaks directly to modern audiences but has deep roots in the tradition of European classical music. Other commissioned works include ballet, choral and piano music.
Dr Stocken is also an organist, and a freelance teacher and lecturer. He has written a book on the influence of Simon Sechter upon Anton Bruckner, and is the inventor of Scale Shapes using the Stocken Method.
NEWS
Premiere of St Michael, the Archangel, for organ,
Wednesday 29 September 2010, 7.30pm,
St Mary and St Joseph’s Church, Poplar, London, E14 6EZ
This will be part of a recital given by the composer.
Retiring collection.
Premiere of Come to Your Heaven You Heavenly Choirs for choir and organ,
commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Musicians,
Tuesday 14 December 2010, 6pm,
Carol Service of the Worshipful Company of Musicans,
St Michael’s, Cornhill, London, EC3V 9DS,
The St. Michael’s Singers, conducted by Jonathan Rennert.
International Record Review, October 2009:
“The Bagatelle (a Tanner 2008 commission) from Frederick Stocken – the first truly
individual piece here – was the more impressive since the composer’s name was new
to me. Born in 1967, Stocken was an organ scholar of St Catharine’s, Cambridge, and
has a Ph.D. From Manchester University; somehow his First Symphony, the Symphony
for the Millennium of 1998-
Frederick Stocken
Composer