Earl Louis Stewart

Biography

Earl Louis Stewart is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Black Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. He received his BS in Secondary Education from Southern University, Baton Rouge, studying under Walter Craig and the late Alvin Batiste in it Jazz Institute. He then received his MM and DMA in Composition from The University of Texas at Austin, studying with Karl Korte, Joseph Schwantner, and world-renowned author of Counterpoint (the late) Kent Kennan.

In addition to conducting, Dr. Stewart’s compositions have been performed by soloists Brenda Wimberly, Carolyn Sebron, and Metropolitan Opera diva Barbara Conrad; choreographer Chuck Davis; jazz artists Jullian 'Cannonball' Adderly, Alvin Batiste and Kent Jordan; and narration by actor Moses Gunn. Ensembles who have performed his music include the Southern University Chorus (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); the Southern University Jazz Orchestra; the Austin Symphony Orchestra (Texas); the Boston Orchestra and Choral (Massachusetts); the National Symphony Orchestra of Ghana (Accra, Ghana, West Africa); the National Academy of Music Chorus of Wineba (Ghana); the Scott Joplin Orchestra of Houston (Texas); the University of California Jazz Orchestra; and the Mobile Symphony Orchestra (Alabama); and members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Works have also been performed at such venues as the Heineken Jazz Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel; Milsaps College; Dillard University (New Orleans); Saenger Theatre (Mobile, Alabama); Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (New York); The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Louisiana); the Sixth Annual Biennial International and Symposium Festival on New Intercultural Music, University of London, Institute of Education (England); the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (Louisiana); and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Dr. Stewart is the author of African American Music: An Introduction, a musicological survey of African American music from the Civil War to the present. He has published articles on the aesthetic and theoretical significance of African American music – several of which were co-authored with Dr. Jane Duran. A sampling includes "Towards an Aesthetic of Black Musical Expression," Journal of Aesthetic Education; "Scott Joplin and the Quest for Identity,"Journal of Aesthetic Education; "Coleridge-Taylor: Concatenationalism and Essentialism in an Anglo-African Composer," American Philosophical Association Newsletter of Philosophy and the Black Experience.

ACE Publications

23 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Earl Louis Stewart Afro-Inventions for Piano: Book 1 Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Amazing Grace for Flute and Piano Flute and Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Amazing Grace for Flute, Harp, and Strings Flute Solo with Harp and Strings
Earl Louis Stewart Asante Sana Sana Solo Flute, Harp, and String Orchestra
Earl Louis Stewart Baching the Blues Flute and Harp
Earl Louis Stewart Bop'n the Rag Blues Flute and Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Corsica (for Alto Flute and Piano) Alto Flute and Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Corsica (for Viola and Piano) Viola and Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Deep River (Ricercare) SATBB Chorus
Earl Louis Stewart ELEGY FOR MR. ALVIN BATISTE flute, piano
Earl Louis Stewart Elton's Nocturne Flute Solo with Harp and String Orhcestra
Earl Louis Stewart GENESIS - Identity 175 orchestra, SATBB Choir, Narrator
Earl Louis Stewart Inventions Sacred and Profane clarinet, cello, optional drum set
Earl Louis Stewart Katrina Lament - Identity 113 flute, harp, strings
Earl Louis Stewart Katrina Lament - Identity 113b flute, piano
Earl Louis Stewart NAKUPENDA - Identity 19.2 flute solo, harp, strings
Earl Louis Stewart Portal, The Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass
Earl Louis Stewart Rhythm Sonata No. 1 Flute, Drum Set, Harp, Viola, Violoncello
Earl Louis Stewart Song for Annell - A Blues Fantasy Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Symphony No. 4: "Juneteenth" Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
3(3=picc)3(3=EH)3(3=bcl)3(3=cbsn) - 4241 - timp, 2 perc, hp - SATBB - strings
Earl Louis Stewart Symphony No. 5: "Homage to Swing" Orchestra
2(2+picc)222 - 43(3=flghn)21 - timp, 2 perc - strings
Earl Louis Stewart Three Rags for Flute and Piano Flute and Piano
Earl Louis Stewart Undulations Solo Flute, Harp, and String Orchestra

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