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{{Short description|American trombonist, scholar, and professor}}
'''Stuart Dempster''' (born July 7, 1936 in [[Berkeley, California]]) is a [[trombonist]], [[didjeridu]] player, [[free improvisation|improviser]], and [[composer]].
[[File:Stuart Dempster2010-color levels adjusted.JPG|thumb|Stuart Dempster in 2010]]

==Biography==
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After Dempster completed his studies at [[San Francisco State College]], he was appointed [[assistant professor]] at the [[California State University, East Bay|California State College at Hayward]], and instructor at the [[San Francisco Conservatory]] (1960–66). During this period he was also a member of the Performing Group at [[Mills College]], and from 1962 to 1966 was first trombonist in the [[Oakland Symphony Orchestra]].

In 1967–68, he was a Creative Associate at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York at Buffalo]] under [[Lukas Foss]]. While there he helped organize the first commercial recording of [[Terry Riley]]'s ''[[In C]]'', in the 1964 premiere of which he had also performed {{harv|Schell|2020}}. The following year he was appointed assistant professor at the [[University of Washington]], in [[Seattle]], where he was promoted to full professor in 1985.

In 1971–72 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study at the [[University of Illinois]], and in 1973 he was a senior Fulbright scholar to Australia ({{harvnb|Tarr|2001}}; {{harvnb|Anon.|n.d.}}). In 1979 the University of California Press published his book, ''The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms''. He received a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1981|Guggenheim Fellowship]] award in 1981 {{harv|John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|2015}}.

He has commissioned and performed works by [[Luciano Berio]], [[Rob du Bois]], [[Donald Erb]], [[Robert Erickson]], [[Andrew Imbrie]], [[Ernst Krenek]], and [[Robert Suderburg]]. He has collaborated with former classmate [[Pauline Oliveros]] and [[Panaiotis]] including co-founding the [[Deep Listening Band]]. He commissioned ''Theater Piece for Trombone Player'' (1966) from Oliveros and choreographer [[Elizabeth Harris (choreographer)|Elizabeth Harris]].

Dempster practices yoga and breath control including circular breathing. {{harv|Von Gunden|1983|p=38}} He is credited with introducing the didjeridu to North America. {{harv|Ross|2008|p=66}}

==Bibliography==
* ''The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press,  1979.  {{ISBN|0-520-03252-7}}.

==Discography==
*''In The Great Abbey of Clement VI'' (1987: New Albion, NA013)
*Robert Suderburg, ''Chamber Music III'' ("Night Set"), for trombone and piano (with Robert Suderburg, piano). Also with Suderburg's ''Chamber Music IV'' ("Ritual Series"), for percussion ensemble; ''Chamber music V'' ("Stevenson"), for voice, string quartet, and tape. Elizabeth Suderburg, soprano; Ciompi String Quartet; [[University of Michigan]] Percussion Ensemble, cond. Charles Owen. (1990: Delfcon Recording Society CD, DRS 2127)
*''Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel'', S. Dempster and colleagues (1995: New Albion, NA076)
*''Deep Listening'', Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis, & Pauline Oliveros (1989: New Albion)
*''On the Boards'' (November 26, 2001 CD NOM11)
* ''[[Monoliths and Dimensions]]''
*''Lung Tree'' (2005: ReR Megacorp RDD, LC-02677), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, garden hose, et al.), Lesli Dalaba (trumpet), Eric Glick Rieman (modified, prepared, and extended Rhodes electric piano, piano, stomp boxes, MOTM modular synthesizer)
*''Echoes of Syros'' (2009: Full Bleed Music, FBM 003), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, conch, garden hose, toys), Tom Heasley (tuba, electronics), Eric Glick Rieman (prepared Rhodes electric piano)
*''Mavericks'' (2015: American Modern Recordings, AMR1041)
'''With [[Joe McPhee]]'''
*''[[Common Threads (album)|Common Threads]]'' (Deep Listening, 1996)
'''With Greg Powers (as Pran)'''
*''Raga for the Rainy Season'' (Sparkling Beatnik, 1999) {{harv|AAJ Staff|1999}}

== See also ==
*[[List of ambient music artists]]

==Sources==
* {{wikicite|reference={{cite web|author1=AAJ Staff|title=Pran: Raga For The Rainy Season|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/raga-for-the-rainy-season-pran-sparkling-beatnik-records-review-by-aaj-staff.php|website=All About Jazz|access-date=26 April 2016|date=1999|issue=1 December}}}}
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Schell|2020}}|reference={{cite web|author1=Michael Schell|title= Stuart Dempster interviewed (April 9, 2020)|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioEclectus/radio-eclectus-039-stuart-dempster-interviewed-apr-9-2020/|website=Radio Eclectus}}}}
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Anon.|n.d.}}|reference=Anon. (n.d.). "[http://faculty.washington.edu/dempster/bio.html Biographical Information about Stuart Dempster]", [http://faculty.washington.edu/dempster Stuart Dempster faculty page, University of Washington] (accessed 26 April 2016)..}}
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|2015}}|reference=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2015). "[http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=d&page=7 All Fellows: Fellows 301–350 of 799]". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website (accessed 2 April 2015).}}
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Ross|2008}}|reference=Ross, John (2008). "Stuart Dempster". ''Seattle Metropolitan'' (December): 66.}}
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Tarr|2001}}|reference=Tarr, Edward H. (2001). "Dempster, Stuart (Ross)". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (musicologist)|John Tyrrell]]. London: Macmillan Publishers.}}
* {{citation|last=Von Gunden|first=Heidi|year=1983|title=The Music of Pauline Oliveros|location=Metuchen, N.J.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-8108-1600-8}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040803093419/http://newalbion.com/artists/dempsters/ New Albion Artist: Stuart Dempster]
*[http://www.frankfurt-ballett.de/dempster.html Frankfurt Ballet Composers: Stuart Dempster] scroll to bottom
*[http://www.anomalousrecords.com/nom11.html Anomalous Records: ]

===Listening===
*[https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioEclectus/radio-eclectus-039-stuart-dempster-interviewed-apr-9-2020/ Radio Eclectus: Stuart Dempster interviewed by Michael Schell] featuring Dempster performing ''Sequenza V'' and ''General Speech'' and Deep Listening Band performing ''Nike'' and ''Roi Et''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040811223934/http://www.epitonic.com/artists/stuartdempster.html Epitonic: Stuart Dempster] featuring “Morning Light” and “Didjerilayover” from ''Underground Overlays from the Cistern Chapel''.
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050113090709/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/performer.pl?perf=7 Art of the States: Stuart Dempster]}} ''General Speech'' (1969) by Robert Erickson

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