Douglas R. Ewart

Douglas R. Ewart is a composer, improvising multi-instrumentalist, conceptual artist, philosopher, writer, inventor, and more. He is a former Full Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ewart bridges his kaleidoscopic activities by culture-fusing works that aim to restore the wholeness of communities and their members and to emphasize the reality of the world’s interdependence. He is the founder of Arawak Records and the leader of ensembles such as the Nyahbingi Drum Choir, Quasar, the Clarinet Choir, and Douglas R. Ewart & Inventions. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Jamaica Musgrave Silver Medal, one of his native country’s highest cultural honors. Ewart lives and works in Minneapolis.