Twenty-nine-year-old composer Eric R. Stewart's music has been performed throughout North America and Europe, in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom, by such artists as the Cambridge Modern Orchestra, the Talea Ensemble, renowned concert organist Felix Hell, and the multi-Grammy Award-winning Gregg Smith Singers. As a conductor, Eric has appeared at such venues as the Four Seasons Centre of the Canadian Opera Company (Bradshaw Amphitheatre), has been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), and appears as a guest conductor with the Gregg Smith Singers. His conducting is featured on the final tracks of Gregg Smith's recently released CD, Music for an Urban Church (2014 Albany Records).

Eric currently serves as the executive director of Lex54 concerts (New York), composer-advisor to the ensemble Les Plaisirs non-coupables (Quebec), and composer-in-residence/assistant conductor at St. Peter's Lutheran Church (New York). He teaches music theory and ear training at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege division.



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Upcoming Events


January, 2015

CD RELEASE: Heroic Proportions - Felix Hell, organ (MSR Classics) featuring Sonetto (2012) for pipe organ solo.


Past Performances


December 9th, 2014, 7:30pm

Skizzen for sextet at Saint Peters's Lutheran Church in New York, NY. Ceto Ensemble; Eric R. Stewart, conductor

November 21st, 2014, 8pm

Sonetto for solo organ at Saint Peters's Lutheran Church in New York, NY. Felix Hell, organ

October 19th, 2014, 4pm

Adagio & Toccata for solo organ at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ. Felix Hell, organ

August 22, 2014, 7pm

World premiere of revised version, Longing for Death ("Sehnsucht nach dem Tode") (2005/2014) for soprano and orchestra, to be performed by Sharon Harms and the Festival Orchestra at Saint Peter's (Eric R. Stewart, conductor). Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, E 54th Street and Lexington Avenue. More details: http://saintpeters.org/events/detail/1471/details/

August 2nd, 2014, 7pm

Summer Chamber Music Festival at St. Peter's - Performances of Ruach for violin, cello, and organ, and Meditatio I for flute, violin, and organ. Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, E 54th St. and Lexington Ave., New York, NY.

May 31, 2014, 7pm

World premiere of Four Intermezzi for solo guitar, to be performed by Finbarr Malafronte at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tatham Fells, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

May 20, 2014, 8pm

World premiere of Intermezzo-Fantasie for solo piano; Sophie Xuefei Zhang, piano. Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

April 18, 2014, 12:00pm

J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion. St. Peter's Choir and Orchestra; Mary Elizabeth Poore and Rosalind Rees, soprano; Elsa Larsson, alto; Jonathan Kline, tenor; Stephen Black, bass; Thomas Schmidt, conductor (Part I); Eric R. Stewart, conductor (Part II). St. Peter's Lutheran Church, E 54 St. and Lexington Ave., New York, NY.

March 29, 2014, 8pm

Canadian premiere of Skizzen for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello. The piece will be performed by Les Plaisirs non-coupables at Théâtre du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec in Quebec City.

March 2, 2014

World premiere of Das allerfreuliche Licht for horn, cello, organ, choir and soloists (SSATB). St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York City.

December 20 - 21 - 22, 2013

World premiere of Adagio for string sextet in Quebec, Canada. The piece will be performed by Les Plaisirs non-coupables:

Dec. 20th, 8pm [CANCELLED]: Les Plaisirs non-coupables original residence (150 Beaubien) in Trois Rivières

Dec. 21st, 7:30pm: Premier Acte/Le Studio (870 Ave de Salaberry) in Québec City

Dec. 22nd, 3:30pm: Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Salle de récital (4750 Ave Henri-Julien) in Montreal

June 6th, 2013, 4pm

World premiere of Skizzen for modified "pierrot" ensemble. The piece will be performed by the Talea Ensemble at Lippes Concert Hall, SUNY Buffalo (Buffalo, NY).

March 2nd, 2013, 8pm

World premiere of We Leave to-night... for chorus and piano (text: F. Scott Fitzgerald) at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York, NY. The piece will be performed by Thomas Schmidt (piano) and the Gregg Smith Singers.

February 23rd, 2013, 7:30pm

World premiere of Deconstruction and Adagio for string orchestra: Cambridge Modern Orchestra at St. Giles Church in Cambridge, UK.

February 10th, 2013, 3pm

Adagio & Toccata for solo organ at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Largo, FL. Felix Hell, organ

January 26th, 2013, 3pm

Adagio & Toccata for solo organ at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York, NY. Felix Hell, organ

January 8th, 2013, 7:30pm

Adagio & Toccata for solo organ at Zwölf-Apostel-Kirche in Frankenthal, Germany. This piece was commissioned by Felix Hell and St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City. Felix Hell, organ