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At age 30, saxophonist, conductor, composer/arranger, and educator Eric Hewitt enjoys an active and diverse musical career throughout the world. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, he serves primarily as Chair of the Boston Conservatory Woodwind Department, and is the music director and conductor of The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble. He also serves as music director and conductor of White Rabbit avant-garde ensemble-in-residence at Harvard University, and the Charles River Wind Ensemble in Watertown, MA. He is a founding member of the Yesaroun’ Duo (with percussionist Samuel Z Solomon), the Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet, and has performed as soloist or guest artist with the Boston POPS, The New World Symphony, The Ryles Jazz Orchestra, The FROMM Players at Harvard, The Tanglewood Music Center, and can be heard with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project on several BMOP Sound recordings, as well as on the Albany, Troy, Vee Records, and Innova labels. Yesaroun’ Duo’s most recent recording project, HeavyUp/HeavyDown, is available on GM recordings, and can be found on iTunes. Yesaroun’ Duo’s self titled ablum, Yesaroun’ Duo, is also available on iTunes. In addition to his regular activities, he has presented performances in Italy, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, the UK, Japan, Canada, Venezuela, and Cuba.
Passionate, experienced, and active in all musical styles, Mr. Hewitt is known as a champion of the music of our time. Working as a conductor, soloist, and chamber musician he has presented over 50 world premieres by dozens of composers from around the world. He is committed to challenging established musical aesthetics, and regularly stimulates musicians and audiences alike by programming cutting edge music in the context of our inherited musical tradition. Deeply interested in the expression of human existence, his performances focus on the communication of the shared human experience embodied in music.
Mr. Hewitt holds two degrees from the New England Conservatory: a BM in 2001 in saxophone performance with Kenneth Radnofsky and an MM in 2003 in conducting with Charles Peltz, both with a distinction in performance and academic honors. From NEC he has also received the George W. Chadwick Medal as the single outstanding undergraduate candidate, the Gunther Schuller Medal as the single outstanding graduate candidate, the Toujeé Alumni Award, and the John Cage Award for commitment to the music of our time. After a four year, live-in apprenticeship under Gunther Schuller, he and his family now reside in Medford, MA.
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