Dr. Eric R. Stewart currently serves as the music director of the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, and formerly an adjunct professor at the John C. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He has conducted at such venues as Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) and the Four Seasons Centre of the Canadian Opera Company (Bradshaw Amphitheatre), and has been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). Eric served as the assistant conductor of the Argento Ensemble, the gamUT Contemporary Ensemble, and as cover conductor of the the Harbor Opera Company, the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble/Baltimore Baroque Band, and the 92Y Orchestra.
As a composer, Eric’s music has been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He was a finalist for the Antonin Dvorak International Composition Award and the ASCAP Morton Gould Award. He has received scholarships from the Aspen Music Festival, the Peabody Conservatory- where he earned his BM and MM in composition, and the University of Toronto – where he earned his DMA in composition. His teachers included Michael Hersch, Chris Theofanidis, and Sam Adler.
Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition. Photos of the Island Symphony Orchestra and Rachell Ellen Wong, Violinist. Photography by id Unleashed.
Dr. Eric R. Stewart
Music Director and Conductor
Darlene Abbate-Struss
President
Susan Barbash
Vice-President, Promotional Materials
Lisa Brieff
Recording Secretary and Grantwriter
Lynne Bowden
Treasurer
Nancy Maia
Symphony Librarian and Archivist
Kevin DeLargy
Stage, Lobby, Instrument Inventory Management
Maricela McGrath
Corresponding Secretary
Mark Flanzraich
Technical Director & Stage Manager
Lora Kuykendall
Personnel Manager
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