WFIU’s Artist of the Month for September is trombonist M. Dee Stewart.
M. Dee Stewart is a professor of trombone and euphonium at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He joined the faculty in 1980 after playing for nearly two decades with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
He has made five recordings with the Grammy Award-winning Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. While in Philadelphia he taught extensively, including ten years on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. He has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago, San Francisco, and Saint Louis Symphonies, the Minnesota Orchestra, and Summit Brass.
Stewart has degrees in music education from Ball State University and Northwestern University. His instrumental expertise ranges from alto, tenor, and bass trombones to euphonium and bass trumpet. He is the author of two books, Arnold Jacobs: Legacy of a Master and Philip
Farkas: Legacy of a Master as well as numerous articles. At the International Trombone Festival in Boulder, Colorado, Stewart was awarded the 1998 Neill Humfeld Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also a recipient of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music Teaching Excellence Recognition Award.
WFIU highlights M. Dee Stewart throughout September and in this month’s Broadcasts from the Jacobs School of Music. Details can be found in the “Broadcasts from the IU Jacobs School of Music” article in this issue of Directions in Sound.
Broadcasts from the IU Jacobs School of Music Airs at 7 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. Tuesdays, and 3 p.m. Fridays
September 1st-5th
ROSSINI—Quartetto buffo di gatti; Fabio Sampó, tbn.; M. Dee Stewart, tbn.; Ashely Toms, p.
September 8th-12th
DEFAYE—Deux Danses; M. Dee Stewart, tbn.; Charles Webb, p.
September 15th-19th
BACH—CANTATA BWV 208: “Sheep May Safely Graze”; Joseph Alessi, tbn.; Mark H. Lawrence, tbn.; Carl Lenthe, tbn.; M. Dee Stewart, bass tbn.
September 22nd-26th
PUCCINI—LA BOHEME: “O soave fanciulla”; Fabio Sampó, tbn.; M. Dee Stewart, tbn.; Ashely Toms, p.
September 29th-October 3rd
MUSSORGSKY—PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: (A) Excerpts; M. Dee Stewart, tbn.; John Rommel, tpt.; Steven Stucek, sax.; Oksana Lutsyshyn, p.
All performances can be heard through wfiu.indiana.edu.
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