D Andrew Stewart
D Andrew Stewart has been working in the field of music composition since 1994. Stewart is a composer, a trained pianist and clarinettist, as well as digital musical instrumentalist. He currently holds postdoctoral research position at Concordia University, Montréal, supported by a two-year research-creation scholarship from the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture. His practise centres around three areas: combining acoustic instrument and digital instrument composition; establishing performance practises for digital instruments; developing class curricula that focus on student learning. Stewart’s work has been featured by: the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, Penderecki Quartet, Toronto New Music Concerts, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+) , musikFabrik, orkest de ereprijs, Ensamble 3 and ROSA Ensemble. His residencies include: the Casalmaggiore International Festival, Italy; the composers’ course in Radziejowicach, Poland (ISCM); the Tanglewood Music Center. In addition, he has contributed to the field of music technology research through his participation at: the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), International Computer Music Conference / International Computer Music Association (ICMC/ICMA, Electroacoustic Music Studies Network, ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, International Music-Gesture Conference, Society for Music Theory and the international Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice research project. D Andrew Stewart’s educational background includes his time at the Conservatory of Music and Dance/Institute of Sonology in The Hague, Holland, where he completed post-graduate studies in composition with Louis Andriessen and Martijn Padding and also trained in electroacousitcs with Gilius van Bergeijk, Clarence Barlow and Paul Berg. Andrew Stewart also holds graduate degrees in music composition from The University of British Columbia and McGill University and has studied with John Rea, Sean Ferguson, Martin Matalon, Roger Reynolds, Christopher Rouse, Keith Hamel, Alexina Louis, Glen Buhr and Peter Hatch.
