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In addition to his accomplishments as a composer, performer, and artist, Dr. Jesse Stewart is also an award-winning educator. He has taught private drum lessons for over fifteen years, mentoring several of the finest young percussionists in the country. From 200l to 2008, he taught percussion in the University of Guelph’s School of Fine Art and Music where he also taught popular music studies. In 2006, he was honoured with a “Teaching Excellence Award” in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and student learning at the University of Guelph. He is now a professor of music composition in the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa.

He regularly conducts workshops, clinics, and masterclasses on drum set, percussion, improvisation, experimental instrument design, the physics of music, and the use of found objects in music and art at public and private schools, art galleries, festivals, colleges, and universities. To inquire about the possibility of booking Jesse Stewart, please go to the Contact section.