Cello understudy, Into the Woods

Professor Emeritus of Music at San Diego State University, Stauffer is a noted recitalist, chamber musician and coach. He was both a Fulbright fellow at the Music Academy of Zagreb, Croatia, and a Student extraordinär at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Vienna. He has served on the faculties of Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Bloch Quartet and principal cellist of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra.