Bio
Stan Muncy is a percussionist and jazz vibe player in the San Francisco bay area and is a section percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony. Previously, he was a tenured member of the Santa Rosa Symphony for 10 years, performed with many of the other regional orchestras, and was acting percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Honolulu Symphony. He played vibes with the Park St. Trio who you can hear on their albums 'Goodnight Daylight' and '3 Plus 5'. His recording credits extend to the NAXOS classical label and many film and video game scores recorded at Warner Brothers Studios, Capitol Records, Skywalker Sound, and Firehouse Studios. He has recorded with the San Francisco Symphony for Lou Harrison's Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra, Edgard Varese's Ameriques, Hector Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4, and Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3, and more. He also enjoys a prolific new music career having toured with four-time Grammy-winning new music sextet eighth blackbird.
As an educator, Stan is currently on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has taught individual and group lessons to all ages, and given masterclasses at high schools and colleges such as California State University East Bay in Hayward and San Jose State University. He's coached youth orchestra percussion sections such as the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and California Youth Symphony. He formerly taught at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and CSU Stanislaus. He also played many percussion ensemble outreach concerts to elementary and middle schools around the bay as a member of Supercussion.
Stan attended the prestigious Colburn School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music studying with Jack Van Geem of the San Francisco Symphony and David Herbert of the Chicago Symphony, and at CSU, Hayward with freelancer Artie Storch. Other teachers he studied with include Trey Wyatt of the San Francisco Symphony, Jim Babor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Ted Atkatz former principal percussionist of the Chicago Symphony.
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As an educator, Stan is currently on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has taught individual and group lessons to all ages, and given masterclasses at high schools and colleges such as California State University East Bay in Hayward and San Jose State University. He's coached youth orchestra percussion sections such as the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and California Youth Symphony. He formerly taught at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and CSU Stanislaus. He also played many percussion ensemble outreach concerts to elementary and middle schools around the bay as a member of Supercussion.
Stan attended the prestigious Colburn School and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music studying with Jack Van Geem of the San Francisco Symphony and David Herbert of the Chicago Symphony, and at CSU, Hayward with freelancer Artie Storch. Other teachers he studied with include Trey Wyatt of the San Francisco Symphony, Jim Babor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Ted Atkatz former principal percussionist of the Chicago Symphony.
Please visit the 'Contact' page if you have any inquiries.