James Stewart
Music Host/ProducerJames Stewart is Vermont Public Classical's afternoon host. As a composer, he is interested in many different genres of music; writing for rock bands, symphony orchestras and everything in between.
James received a Bachelor of Science in Music with an emphasis in Composition from Toccoa Falls College in Northeast Georgia in 2001. In 2007, James earned his Master's of Music in Composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There he also made connections with the Open Dream Ensemble, an outreach arm of UNCSA and the Kenan Institute for the Arts.
James wrote original music for five children's shows and spent three years as music director, tour manager, and company member. In 2014, James received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from The Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.
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March's Student Composer Showcase features Mayla Landis-Marinello, a 9th Grader at U32 High School in East Montpelier. Mayla's work "Spring Equinox" was recorded at the Music-COMP's Opus 36 concert back in April of 2022. -
February's Student Composer Showcase features Chase Ehrlich, an 11th grader at Montpelier High School. Chase's work "Spirit of the Sky" will be performed by the Vermont Philharmonic, Sunday, March 19th at 2pm at the Barre Opera House.
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Vermont Edition shares a special presentation of the podcast Timeline from Vermont Public Classical, where host James Stewart introduces listeners to Julius Eastman, an openly gay Black composer fro the 70s and 80s whose music is only now being rediscovered.
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Timeline from Vermont Public Classical presents the ten-part series about composer Julius Eastman as one complete podcast episode. Explore the life and legacy of this amazingly talented composer/performer who died penniless and homeless in 1990, but whose work is finally getting the attention it deserves today.
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Andrew Crust will conduct the Vermont Symphony Orchestra on February 4th in a program titled "Electric Dreams," which features the Vermont premiere of "Ficciones" by composer Roberto Sierra, performed on the electric violin by Tracy Silverman.
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This is our final episode in our ten-part series on the life, music and legacy of composer Julius Eastman. As we wrap up this discussion we remember Julius Eastman separate from his musical legacy, Eastman the person. And hear some stories told by the people who knew him.
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This is part nine of our ten part series on composer Julius Eastman. The Classical canon is a collection of pieces that are the most often played and studied; sort of like the greatest hits of classical music. It’s a curated list of quote/unquote “important” pieces, composers and works. This curation started in the 19th century and the list heavily favors white, European men. In this episode we'll talk about righting the canon by making room for more diverse voices and composers.
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In November, more than 60 singers came together at Vermont Public’s Stetson Studio One for a special event called One Day: A Choral Celebration of Hope. This hour, Vermont Edition shares new music and old favorites performed by three Vermont choirs and instrumentalists from across the state.
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For December's Student Composer Showcase we will check in with Music-COMP alum, Ethan Duncan about his years participating in the student composition mentoring program and listen back to a piece that he composed for the Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet back in 2018.
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This is part eight of our ten part series about Julius Eastman; a composer whose work has been experiencing a renaissance lately as a new generation is discovering his individual musical style.
