- Stuart Dempster
Stuart Dempster (born
July 7 ,1936 inBerkeley, California ) is atrombonist ,didjeridu player, improvisor,composer , author of "The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms" (1979), and on the faculty of theUniversity of Washington . He received a Guggenheim Fellowship award in 1981.He has commissioned and performed works by
Luciano Berio ,Donald Erb ,Robert Erickson ,Andrew Imbrie ,Ernst Krenek , andRobert Suderburg . He has collaborated with former classmatePauline Oliveros andPanaiotis including co-founding theDeep Listening Band . He commissioned "Theater Piece for Trombone Player" (1966) from Oliveros and choreographerElizabeth Harris .Dempster practices yoga and breath control including circular breathing (Von Gunden 1983, p.38).
Discography
*"In The Great Abbey of Clement VI" (1987 New Albion, NA013)
*"Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel", S. Dempster and colleagues (1995 New Albion, NA076)
*"On the Boards" (November 26, 2001 CD NOM11)ource
*Von Gunden, Heidi (1983). "The Music of Pauline Oliveros". ISBN 0-8108-1600-8.
External links
* [http://faculty.washington.edu/dempster/ Stuart Dempster’s Faculty Page]
* [http://www.newalbion.com/artists/dempsters/ New Albion Artist: Stuart Dempster]
* [http://www.frankfurt-ballett.de/dempster.html Frankfurt Ballet Composers: Stuart Dempster] scroll to bottom
* [http://www.anomalousrecords.com/nom11.html Anomalous Records: ]Listening
* [http://www.epitonic.com/artists/stuartdempster.html Epitonic: Stuart Dempster] featuring “Morning Light” and “Didjerilayover” from "Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel".
* [http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/performer.pl?perf=7 Art of the States: Stuart Dempster] "General Speech" (1969) by Robert Erickson
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