Hugh M. Stuart
Biography
Hugh M. Stuart (5 October 1917, Harrisburg, Pa. – 31 January 2006, Albuquerque, N.M.) was an American composer, arranger and educator.
Stuart received his music training from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Columbia Teachers College, Rutgers University, Newark State College, and the University of Michigan. He taught instrumental music in the schools of Maryland and New Jersey for 33 years. During this time he conducted several brass bands and ensembles. He also taught at various clinics and workshops for winds. Stuart wrote more than 100 published compositions, arrangements, method books, band and orchestral collections, solos, and ensembles in the educational field. He appeared as a clinician in forty-five states. He lived in Albuquerque, N.M. until his death on Jan. 31, 2006 at the age of 89.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1969/2016)
All Wind Works
- Andalusia
- A Hymn for Band (1985)
- A Hymn for Band (arr. Vinson) (1985)
- Rio con Brio (1995)
- Somerset Sketches (1965)
- Three American Dances (1989)
- Three Ayres from Gloucester (1969)
- Three Ayres from Gloucester (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1969/2016)
- Three on the Isle (1990)
- Three Songs from Sussex (1983)
- Two Songs by Edward MacDowell (a arranger) (2000)
- Winter Carnival (1962)
Resources
- Hugh M. Stuart, TRN Music Publishers
- Hugh M. Stuart, Wikipedia
- Miles, Richard B., and Larry Blocher. (2010). Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 1. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 380.