Stefan Swanson is a film/concert composer with a Ph.D. from Rutgers University who currently teaches composition and film scoring at Ashland University. He has received commissions from the Harmonium Choral Society, JJ Cooper, and Lakeland College. His film music has been heard on HBO, Cinemax, NBC, and BET, as well the Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes film festivals. He is a recipient of the Susan and Ford Schumann Award, the Film Music Museum Award, and the Singing City Prize. He studied with Grawemeyer Award and Charles Ives Living Award winning composer George Tsontakis, along with Pulitzer Prize Runner-Up Charles Fussell.