Editing Stuart Dempster (section)

==Biography==
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After Dempster completed his studies at [[San Francisco State College]], he was appointed [[assistant professor]] at the [[California State University, East Bay|California State College at Hayward]], and instructor at the [[San Francisco Conservatory]] (1960–66). During this period he was also a member of the Performing Group at [[Mills College]], and from 1962 to 1966 was first trombonist in the [[Oakland Symphony Orchestra]].

In 1967–68, he was a Creative Associate at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York at Buffalo]] under [[Lukas Foss]]. While there he helped organize the first commercial recording of [[Terry Riley]]'s ''[[In C]]'', in the 1964 premiere of which he had also performed {{harv|Schell|2020}}. The following year he was appointed assistant professor at the [[University of Washington]], in [[Seattle]], where he was promoted to full professor in 1985.

In 1971–72 he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study at the [[University of Illinois]], and in 1973 he was a senior Fulbright scholar to Australia ({{harvnb|Tarr|2001}}; {{harvnb|Anon.|n.d.}}). In 1979 the University of California Press published his book, ''The Modern Trombone: A Definition of Its Idioms''. He received a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1981|Guggenheim Fellowship]] award in 1981 {{harv|John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|2015}}.

He has commissioned and performed works by [[Luciano Berio]], [[Rob du Bois]], [[Donald Erb]], [[Robert Erickson]], [[Andrew Imbrie]], [[Ernst Krenek]], and [[Robert Suderburg]]. He has collaborated with former classmate [[Pauline Oliveros]] and [[Panaiotis]] including co-founding the [[Deep Listening Band]]. He commissioned ''Theater Piece for Trombone Player'' (1966) from Oliveros and choreographer [[Elizabeth Harris (choreographer)|Elizabeth Harris]].

Dempster practices yoga and breath control including circular breathing. {{harv|Von Gunden|1983|p=38}} He is credited with introducing the didjeridu to North America. {{harv|Ross|2008|p=66}}