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Exploring the intersection of music, divinity & global studies
Vivian Stewart
A Musical Interview with Mirabai, Sixteenth Century Saint-Poet
One of my favorite college courses last year was a course called “Sacred Sounds of South Asia.” This class explored various South Asian...
Vivian Stewart
"Will this last?" - a short film
A short film about heartbreak, and finding healing through friendship. Inspired by a print of Marc Chagall's painting "the birthday",...
Vivian Stewart
Vivian Stewart
Vivian Stewart
Vivian Stewart
Religion
Religion as Faith / Religion as a Marker of Identity / Religion as Muse / Religion as Melody What's your religion, my love? I worship...
Vivian Stewart
An ode to my history major
History runs like a wild opera in my head, A chorus of streaming voices that Drift in and out of harmony. Sometimes with ear splitting...
Vivian Stewart
Vivian Stewart
Vivian Stewart
Recording: Hummel Trumpet Concerto, performed by me!
If there’s any piece that encapsulates my childhood, it’s the Hummel Trumpet Concerto. I listened to Tine Thing Helseth’s beautiful...
Vivian Stewart
Roe v. Wade
8:27pm. Tonight, the sky was the unusual mesh of auburn and pink: Two colors that have always symbolized My femininity: an evolving...
Vivian Stewart
For George Floyd
I wrote this in June 2020. Sadly, I believe it still rings true today. Please consider donating to the organizations listed below. Dear...
Vivian Stewart
Reflecting on Amit Majmudar's "Godsong" ft. new video!
Before reading Amit Majmudar’s Godsong, I had skimmed books about the Bhagavad Gita, and even seriously studied Sanskrit for a few years...
Vivian Stewart
Shapeshifters of Innocence: A Poetic Analysis of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
Note: I wrote this poem while listening to the last three movements of Das Lied von der Erde: "Von der Schönheit", "Der Trinker im...
Vivian Stewart
Vulnerability Discovered as a Form of Activism: Margaret Bonds & Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat
If you're like me, you love listening to podcasts with their transcripts. So, below is the transcript to the first episode of "The Sacred...
Vivian Stewart
Personal Stories: How Beethoven's Triple Concerto Harmonized My Dissonant Realities
It wasn’t the most eloquent choice of words, but I could tell that Kasumi was trying to make a point. “What I mean,” she stuttered, “What...
Vivian Stewart
The Celestial Philosophy Behind Bartók's First Violin Concerto
When I was six years old, I didn’t understand the concept of God, so I didn’t believe in him. I did, however, understand the concept of...
Vivian Stewart
"The Avatar" by Steve Rouse: Music to Describe Lifetimes of the Divine
If I had to name one piece that consistently takes my breath away (without giving it back), it would be The Avatar for trumpet and piano...
Vivian Stewart
Divinity: A Tortoise's Introspection
Have you ever thought about how incredible it is that every species on this planet has risen from a simple biological organism to...
Vivian Stewart
The Baroque Duet that Defied Incessant Discrimination
Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis’s album “Baroque Duet'' captures the true essence of the word “baroque,” derived from the Portugeuse...
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