Join us for what promises to be a memorable evening with Jesse Stewart - percussionist, composer, artist, and educator. Jesse will be joined by his colleague Dong-Won Kim, a Korean percussionist who is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Project.
Two amazing musicians in one evening!
ABOUT THE MUSICIAN
JESSE STEWART’S music has been documented on over twenty recordings including Stretch Orchestra’s self-titled debut album, which was honoured with the 2012 “Instrumental Album of the Year” Juno award. OttawaJazzScene describes him as “one of the most innovative musicians in Canada” (2015).
Jesse has performed and recorded with musical luminaries including Jacques Israelievitch (former concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony), William Parker (acclaimed New York City jazz bassist, described as “the most important leader of the current avant-garde scene in jazz” by the Boston Globe), Pauline Oliveros (called the “godmother of American experimentalist music” by New Yorker magazine), Dong-Won Kim (master Korean percussionist and member of YoYo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble), and many others. Jesse performs regularly with Stretch Orchestra (with Kevin Breit and Matt Brubeck), the Sonoluminescence Trio (with David Mott and William Parker), Stream Quartet (with David Mott, Peter Lutek, and Justin Gray), and in various groups under his own leadership. In 2010, he gave an invited performance for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Jesse has been widely commissioned as a composer and has performed throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. He is a professor of music in Carleton University’s School for Studies in Art and Culture and an adjunct professor in the visual arts department at the University of Ottawa. In 2014, he was named to the Order of Ottawa, one of the city’s highest civic honours.