Stephen Chatman's music has been the subject of review in recent Opera Canada and Canadian Music Teacher magazines.
Opera Canada: Choir Practice by Stephen Chatman, CD Recording
Choir Practice, a comic opera in one act composed by Chatman with libretto by Tara Wohlberg, was premiered and recorded by the University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble and Symphony. The album was released in 2016 on the Centrediscs label.
Wayne Gooding, Editor, writes, "Rare it is for a live student performance to enjoy a commercial release, rare still when that performance is the world premiere of a new opera...With its musical and linguistic twists and turns, non sequiturs