Stewart Carter

Stewart Carter is a Professor at Wake Forest University, specializing in music history, music theory, and trombone. He directs the instrumental component of the Collegium Musicum, an ensemble focused on Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. Carter served as Past-President of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music and the American Musical Instrument Society, and he currently edits the Historic Brass Society Journal.

• Education:
• Bachelor's in Music Education, University of Kansas
• Master's in Music Education, University of Illinois
• Ph.D. in Musicology, Stanford University

Carter’s research spans seventeenth-century music, brass instrument history, and cross-cultural exchanges between Chinese and European musicians. His recent work explores historical brass instruments in China, including fieldwork in Beijing, Shanghai, and Dunhuang.

Carter’s publications focus on early brass instruments, Renaissance music, and performance practices. His work includes The Trombone in The Renaissance (2012) and Instruments, Ensembles, and Repertory (2013), among others. These works emphasize historical analysis, iconography, and ensemble practices.

As an active performer on sackbut, recorder, and viola da gamba, Carter bridges scholarship and practice. He has performed internationally and taught at workshops like the Amherst Early Music Festival, integrating his research into pedagogy and performance.