Aaron Stewart
Artist Associate of Applied Music
M.M. University of Massachusetts
Specialty: Saxophone
Biography
Born in Paris, France, saxophonist Aaron Stewart has appeared in the United States and abroad in venues that include the International Saxophone Symposium in Washington, D.C., The Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Verizon Hall and The Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center, Field Concert Hall at the Curtis Institute of Music, The Holywell Music Room at Oxford University, The Kitchen, NYC, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Stewart has been involved in classical and contemporary music performances in Philadelphia since 2007, and has performed with various ensembles at The Curtis Institute, with Symphony in C, NJ, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Ballet. In 2008 he was called to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Stewart has devoted much of his artistic energy to premiering new works and collaborating with local and internationally acclaimed composers establishing himself as one of the most sought-after contemporary saxophonists in Philadelphia. Most recently Mr. Stewart has appeared as soloist for Philadelphia Fringe and Bowerbird events and is a founding member of the Arcana New Music Ensemble whose Julius Eastman retrospective (2018) was announced as Arts Sections top picks and reviewed by the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In addition to solo performances on a Luciano Berio Symposium and performance-lectures on American Minimalism and Spectral Music at The Curtis Institute, Mr. Stewart is a recipient of the Tuttle Creative Residency (2019) at Haverford College and has presented multiple times for the International Saxophone Academy.