Bryan Stanley

Accomplished pianist-composer and collaborator, Bryan Stanley, is published by Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, and G. Schirmer.Stanley studied piano with Robert Larsen (Simpson College, B.M.); Joanne Baker (University of Missouri-Kansas City, M.M.); composition with Carolyn Bremer and piano with Ed Gates (University of Oklahoma, D.M.A.), and Robert Spillman (Aspen Summer Music Festival). He served on the faculty at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Simpson College, Waldorf University, Wartburg University, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He currently teaches piano in West Omaha and has played for  Opera Omaha and the Omaha Symphony. Stanley also regularly performs with his wife, Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor, as the Atlantic Piano Duo. Bryan’s 2nd piano sonata was recently recorded by Kristín & released on Navona Records which garnered 1st Place in the 2025 American Prize in Recorded Performances.

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