Justin R. Stolarik
Conductor of the Wind Ensemble
Director of Athletic Bands
justin.stolarik@stonybrook.edu
DR. JUSTIN R. STOLARIK directs and oversees all aspects of the Stony Brook University
NCAA Division 1 FCS Athletic Bands Program and conducts the Wind Ensemble. As an active
freelance musician and conductor in New York City, he has served as Associate Conductor
of the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, Resident Guest Conductor of the Kings County Concert
Band, Assistant Director and Conductor of the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic
Band, as a percussionist with the Brooklyn Wind Symphony (BKWS), and as Artistic Director
of the National Lesbian & Gay Marching Band (Washington DC). Performances with the
BKWS in 2015 took him to Carnegie Hall and to the World Association for Symphonic
Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) International Conference in San Jose, California. He can
be heard as timpanist and section percussionist on the “Michael Markowski / Brooklyn
Wind Symphony” recording, under the direction of Jeff W. Ball. Before arriving at
Stony Brook in 2018, Dr. Stolarik served approximately 700 real estate agents as Market
Center Administrator of Operations (Chief Operating Officer) at Keller Williams New
York City.
Prior to New York, Dr. Stolarik served as Associate Director of Bands and Director
of Athletic Bands as the Gene Braught Chair of Music at the University of Oklahoma,
and served as Assistant Director of Bands at both the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and Henderson State University (Arkansas). His wind and percussion arrangements have
been performed by athletic bands at football and basketball games around the country
before audiences of over 80,000. In addition to athletic bands, he has arranged for
the Dallas Winds and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble. Dr. Stolarik has worked
with such notable performers as will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas), Everlast (House of Pain),
Tom Wopat (Dukes of Hazzard), Ed Shaughnessy (The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson),
Allee Willis, Carolyn Wonderland, Roky Erickson, Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel),
Jerry Jeff Walker, and Ghostland Observatory.
Dr. Stolarik completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in
Percussion Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, and his Bachelor’s degree
in Music Education, with Highest Honors, at the University of Florida. While at UT,
he performed with the UT Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in 2005 for the World Premiere
of John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 3 “Circus Maximus,” and in 2008 at the Jungfrau
Music Festival (Switzerland), Mid-Europe Festival (Austria), Wiltz Open-Air Festival
(Luxembourg), Festival Veranos de la Villa (Spain), and in Cadogan Hall (London),
featuring the same work. He can be heard as timpanist on the World Premiere recording
available from Naxos Classical, under the direction of Jerry F. Junkin. During his
years at UF, he was a three-year Front Line member of the Madison Scouts Drum and
Bugle Corps (2000-2002), and was two-time Drum Corps Midwest and Drum Corps International
Timpani Solo Champion (2001 and 2002). He was featured in issues of Percussion News
and Modern Drummer for these solo performances. He later served on teaching staff
for the Madison Scouts as Front Line Instructor in 2003.
Dr. Stolarik is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi (Alpha Tau) and Tau Beta Sigma (Beta Gamma and Theta Theta) National Band Service and Leadership Organizations.
Visit stonybrook.edu/band for more information.
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