Stuart Dempster (born 1936 in Berkeley, California) is a trombonist, didjeridu player, composer, author of The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms (1979), and on the faculty of the University of Washington. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship award in 1981.

He has commisioned and performed works by Luciano Berio, Donald Erb, Robert Erickson, Andrew Inbrie , Ernst Krenek, and Robert Suderburg . He has collaborated with Pauline Oliveros and Panaiotis including co-founding the Deep Listening Band.

Discography

• In The Great Abbey of Clement VI (1987 New Albion, NA013)
• Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel, S.Dempster and colleagues (1995 New Albion, NA076)
• On the Boards (November 26, 2001 CD NOM11)

External links

• Stuart Dempster's Faculty Page
• New Albion Artist: Stuart Dempster
• Frankfurt Ballet Composers: Stuart Dempster scroll to bottom
• Anomalous Records:

Listening

• Epitonic: Stuart Dempster featuring "Morning Light" and "Didjerilayover" from Underground Overlays From The Cistern Chapel.