Dr. Stewart Gordon is Emeritus Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California. His academic career included posts at the University of Maryland, where he served as Dean of the Music School, and Queens College of the City University of New York, where he served as Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. As a performing pianist, he toured the United States, Europe, the Middle-East, and Asia. His recordings include works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and the complete Rachmaninoff Preludes.   

He is the author of Etudes for Piano Teachers; A History of Keyboard Literature; Mastering the Art of Performance; Planning Your Piano Success; and Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. As an editor he completed critical editions of the Beethoven piano sonatas; the Mozart piano sonatas, and the Debussy etudes. He holds degrees from the University of Kansas and The University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music). He has been the recipient of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers Lifetime Achievement Award and the Maryland State Music Teachers Award for Distinguished Service to Music. He has been elected to several honorary organizations: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda (music), and Scabbard and Blade (military). As a young man he served four years as a junior officer in the United States Navy.