
Lon Chaffin is an educator, administrator, lecturer, and graphic designer, as well as an award-winning composer and author. He has served as a college choral director, voice instructor, and theory teacher for thirty years. Along with his compositions for winds, he has composed numerous choral works and written and directed several musical theater productions. His latest one-act opera entitled “Grant and Grace” was recently performed by the Boston Metro Opera. One of his choral pieces, “Burst Into Jubilant Song,” was just selected and performed as part of the “New Voices” vocal/choral festival in Washington, D.C. Many other works have been performed across the country at major universities, conventions, and various performance venues. As a speaker, he has given lecture/presentations on electronic music, music theatre, integrating the music curriculum, and the math of music theory.
Dr. Chaffin holds a Bachelor of Music from Wayland Baptist University in Church Music and Composition. His Masters is in Music Theory and Composition from Texas Tech University. He also received a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech with an emphasis in Composition. While at Texas Tech, he studied composition and theory with Mary Jeanne van Appledorn. He currently serves at New Mexico State University as Chairman of the Music Department.
Compositions
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Doors for Tuba and String Quartet (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$39.95
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Formal Persistence for Tuba and Piano (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$19.95
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Vortex for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$32.95
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Faraway Nearby for Horn, Tuba and Piano (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$21.95
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Into the Void for Brass Quintet (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$24.95
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Rondo Para Manana for Bassoon and Vibraphone (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$18.95
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Rondo Para Manana for Bass Clarinet and Vibraphone (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$18.95
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Ponderings for Oboe and Piano (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$21.95
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Ponderings for Flute and Piano (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$14.95
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Vista Encanto for Flute Choir (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$29.95
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To the Middle and Back for Woodwind Quintet (PDF download)Lon Chaffin$29.95
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Vista Encanto for Flute ChoirLon Chaffin$29.95
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Faraway Nearby for Horn, Tuba and PianoLon Chaffin$21.95
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Into the Void for Brass QuintetLon Chaffin$24.95
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Vortex for Tuba-Euphonium QuartetLon Chaffin$32.95
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Ponderings for Flute and PianoLon Chaffin$14.95
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Unfolding Motives for Horn and PianoLon Chaffin$21.95
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Ponderings for Oboe and PianoLon Chaffin$21.95
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Formal Persistence for Tuba and PianoLon Chaffin$19.95
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Rondo Para Manana for Bassoon and VibraphoneLon Chaffin$18.95
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Rondo Para Manana for Bass Clarinet and VibraphoneLon Chaffin$18.95
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Doors for Tuba and String QuartetLon Chaffin$39.95
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To the Middle and Back for Woodwind QuintetLon Chaffin$29.95