Stuart Dempster - Definition and Overview

Stuart Dempster (born 1936 in Berkeley, California) is a trombonist, didjeridu player, composer, author of The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms (1979), and on the faculty of the University of Washington. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship award in 1981.

He has commisioned and performed works by Luciano Berio, Donald Erb, Robert Erickson, Andrew Inbrie, Ernst Krenek, and Robert Suderburg. He has collaborated with Pauline Oliveros and Panaiotis including co-founding the Deep Listening Band.

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)

External links

• Stuart Dempster's Faculty Page (http://faculty.washington.edu/dempster/)
• New Albion Artist: Stuart Dempster (http://www.newalbion.com/artists/dempsters/)
• Frankfurt Ballet Composers: Stuart Dempster (http://www.frankfurt-ballett.de/dempster.html) scroll to bottom
• Anomalous Records:  (http://www.anomalousrecords.com/nom11.html)

Listening

• Epitonic: Stuart Dempster (http://www.epitonic.com/artists/stuartdempster.html) featuring "Morning Light" and "Didjerilayover" from Underground Overlays From The Cistern Chapel.