He received a B.S. in Music Education from Pennsylvania State University and a M.A. from Columbia University.
He is known as a published arranger and composer with Alfred, Cherry Lane, Belwin-Mills, and Columbia Pictures Publications.
He is a Retired Music Educator from East Meadow, New York and Assistant Professor, Long Island University. He is presently performing as a clarinetist, saxophonist, and jazz pianist.
Stan plays shows with the Dixie Doodlers when he is not on the road playing with the Benny Goodman or Dorsey Brothers, the Temptations, the Dick Contino Show, or with the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra in New York City.