James Stewart
Music Host/Associate Producer, HomegoingsJames 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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Classical host James Stewart speaks with students, educators and the leadership of Music-COMP at their annual Opus 39 concert that took place in March of 2025 at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester. -
Classical host James Stewart sits down with the director and founding members of the Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont to talk about their upcoming concerts celebrating their 20th anniversary. -
Vermont Public Classical host James Stewart speaks with composer Alexandra du Bois and VSO Music Director Andrew Crust ahead of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's season finale concert on May 10th. -
Classical Host James Stewart speaks with Matt LaRocca, the music director of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra, and pianist Diana Fanning about their upcoming 20th anniversary performance. -
Vermont Public Classical host James Stewart speaks with organizers, students, educators and musicians leading up to Music-COMP's Opus 39 concert, Monday, March 24th at 6:30pm at the Elley Long Music Center in Colchester. -
For this installment of the Student Composer Showcase, we speak with Mount Mansfield Union High School senior Eleanor Freebern whose work "One Thousand Rays, No. 1" will be premiered by the VSO during their Farmer's Night Concert, February 12th at the Statehouse in Montpelier. -
In this episode, Vermont Public reporter Elodie Reed joins Huntington, Vermont resident and Lakota elder Beverly Little Thunder and her daughter, Lushanya Echeverria, at the movies. Together they watch the documentary Sugarcane, about the horrific history and intergenerational trauma of residential or boarding schools. -
For this month's Student Composer Showcase, we catch up with Stowe High School senior Harrison Brown whose work "The Great Ice Field" will be premiered next month by the VSO Brass Quintet. -
For October, the Student Composer Showcase focuses on the music of Arlo Smith and Bruce Creason. Their work "Skipping Rocks" premiered at Music-COMP's Opus 38 concert back in April of 2024. -
Vermont Public Classical host James Stewart speaks with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason ahead of her performance at the UVM recital hall, Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 8pm, part of the UVM Lane Series.
