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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In this final episode of the five-part video series, Homegoings: A Live Performance, host Myra Flynn welcomes visual artist, song-writer and performer Liza Phillip.
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In the fourth episode of the five-part video series, Homegoings: A Live Performance, host Myra Flynn welcomes poet/emcee and teaching artist Rajnii Eddins.
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In the third episode of the five-part video series, Homegoings: A Live Performance, host Myra Flynn welcomes soul-folk singer-songwriter DonnCherie.
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In this second episode of the five-part video series, Homegoings: A Live Performance, host Myra Flynn welcomes Haitian-American storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer.
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Join host Myra Flynn for the first episode of a five-part TV series, Homegoings: A Live Performance. Ethiopian musician Senayit Tomlinson premieres the series with her unapologetically genreless music.
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Vermont Public Classical host, James Stewart, speaks with violinist, Philip Setzer, one of the founding members of the Emerson String Quartet and the new artistic director of the Manchester Music Festival.
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June's Student Composer Showcase features music and interviews with composers, educators and mentors who participated in Music-COMP's Opus 37 concert that took place May 2, 2023 at the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont.
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David Neiweem, director of the Aurora Chamber Singers, speaks with Vermont Public Classical host, James Stewart about their upcoming performance on Saturday, May 13th at 7:30pm at College Street Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont.
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April's Student Composer Showcase features a conversation with Betsy Nolan, at music teacher at Edmunds Elementary School, and Betsy Greene, music teacher at Champlain Elementary School. Both share their experience teaching composition to young students and we sample some of their students' works.
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Clare College Choir starts their US tour here in Vermont, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Middlebury on Friday, April 14th at 7:30pm. Vermont Public Classical host, James Stewart spoke with their director, Graham Ross.