UPCOMING EVENTS

5.2010 | Commissioned by conductor Michael Krajewski to write orchestral arrangement of Blackbird

5.2010 | Commissioned by jazz pianist Jeremy Monteiro to write two big band arrangements of Jeremy's original compositions, featuring tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts

2010 | Hornist J.D. Shaw (music director and arranger for the Boston Brass) is arranging Scott's Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble.  Tentative recording with the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony featuring J.D. Shaw on Summit Records, 2010.  

RECENT EVENTS

5.7-5.9.2010 | Premiere of Beatles orchestral medley (Norwegian Wood/You've Got to Hide Your Love Away) by the Phoenix Symphony, commissioned by conductor Michael Krajewski

3.25.2010 | Jazztronicus CD (digital mp3 download) released on CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon mp3!

2010 | Scott is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of South Florida teaching Jazz Composition & Arranging

12.19.2009 | Commissioned to write three big band arrangements for jazz pianist Jeremy Monteiro's ("Singapore's King of Swing") 2009 A Swinging Jazz Christmas concert in Singapore, featuring jazz vocalist Carmen Bradford.    

11.2009 | Transcription of Alicia de Larrocha's cadenza for Mozart's Piano Concerto No.24 (mvt.I)for critically acclaimed concert pianist Joyce Yang, performed Nov.27 & 28 by The Hague Philharmonic in The Hague, Netherlands; conducted by Edo de Waart.

12.13.2009 | Performance of the Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra Greater Miami Youth Symphony; Glenn Basham, violin solo; Huifang Chen, conductor (Old Cutler Presbyterian Church, Miami)

9.2009 | Scott now has a page on the International Movie Database (IMDB)! 

6.21/6.24.2009 | Violinist Mei Mei Luo performed the Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra in Xian and Wuhan, China with the Central Conservatory of Beijing Orchestral Academy, conducted by YongYan Hu

6.2009 | Scott composed the underscore for NYU director/actor Wai Choy's independent film This Is Life  www.thisislifefilm.com  This is Life will show in November 2009 at the Filmstock Film Festival in London.

4.5.2009 | Premiere of the Concerto for Horn and Orchestra at the University of Miami's Gusman Concert Hall. Commissioned by Guglielmo Manfredi; Guglielmo Manfredi, horn and Paul Schwartz, piano.

05.2008 | Scott received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Composition from the University of Miami; doctoral essay Americana Suite published by ProQuest Information and Learning Company

05.22.2008 | Premiere of New York Night by the New York Youth Symphony's Jazz Band Classic at Lincoln Center

03.23.2008 | Premiere of Sunset at Sea by the Florida Youth Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Commissioned by the Florida Youth Orchestra and conducted by Huifang Chen

03.4.2008 | Premiere of Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra by the University of Miami Frost Symphony Orchestra; Glenn Basham, violin solo; Sofia Kraevska, conductor. Commissioned by Chien Tan of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra

12.31.2007 | Premiere of Fanfare for a New Year by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta Symphony Hall; commissioned and conducted by Michael Krajewski

11.13.2007 | Virtuoso Chicagoan harmonica player Howard Levy recorded as a special guest on Scott's doctoral project, Americana Suite

7.2007 | Scott participated in the 2007 ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles; 9.2007 Scott received the ASCAP David Rose Scholarship

7.2005 | Scott is the winner of the 2004 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Maxell Song of the Year for his electro-acoustic big band composition Bandwidth (featured on his 2006 CD Jazztronicus)