Friday, January 28, 2022

Kevin Scott Music Update for 2022


 
Kevin Scott writes:

Good morning, all!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the new year and that we're looking forward to a lot of new things that will happen in the coming months ahead, the news on this end is off to a great beginning as well.

Here are my announcements of upcoming performances and events for this year (thus far):

This past Saturday (22 January), The Lowell Chamber Orchestra under the direction of its founder Orlando Cela officially recorded my second little symphony for seven players in Lowell, Massachusetts for an upcoming recording on Parma Records that is comprised of five of Darius Milhaud's petite symphonies for different instrumental combinations alongside five companion pieces by five different composers including this person (the others being Quinn Mason,  who were commissioned for this project. The second little symphony will officially receive its world premiere by these forces sometime in the 2022-23 concert season, so I will keep everyone informed as to the recording's release and the first public performance.

1 February - There will be a ZOOM concert of works by Black composers performed by pianist Leonard Lehrman, violinist Dan Hyman, soprano Helene Williams and mezzo-soprano Patrice Eaton as part of his monthly Virtual Music Recital series sponsored by the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in conjunction with Court Street Music of Valley Stream. On this program Leonard will perform two works of mine: Three Pieces for Scott, a short cycle of piano pieces written for the pianist Scott Tinney (now deceased) who requested short works for his virtual performances on Facebook, and the world premiere of Two Pieces for Porter, a pair of works written on a call for scores by pianist Stephen Porter that pay homage to Schubert (Schubert's Swan) and Beethoven (Ruminations). The concert will also feature works by composer-conductor Joseph Jones as well as compositions by Hale Smith, Abel Meeropol, Edith Segal, Elie Siegmeister and the world premiere of Leonard Lehrman's setting of Amanda Gorman's 2021 poem "The Hill We Climb", penned for the inauguration of President Biden.

A flyer for the concert is annexed herewith. I will send the ZOOM link to this concert over the weekend. If you are unable to attend, the concert will be posted in its entirety on YouTube, and you can also hear the segments for this concert.

19 and 20 March - Triad, a Boston-based choral collective comprised of professional singers, composers and conductors, will premiere my motet In Manus Tuas on these dates. Locations to be announced. If the live concerts are cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic, this concert will be done in a virtual setting. For further information about the group, here is their website:

9 April - Conductor David Tedford will conduct the second performance of my Introduction and Allegro for string orchestra with the Bloomsburg University Community Orchestra in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. This will be the first performance of this composition on this side of the country, as the world premiere took place in February of 2017 with Warren Cohen conducting the Musica Nova Orchestra in Osborn, Arizona. 

21 to 30 May - I will be on the composition faculty in Alba, Italy, as part of this year's contemporary music festival in that fabled city, and a new work for saxophone quartet will be premiered by The Estrella Consort, the resident ensemble for this series. Please note that if the pandemic continues to persist, the dates and/or location are subject to be changed. Further news can be found on their website:

And here is the roster of composers teaching in Alba:

Also, please look forward to announcements of the following:

-  Conducting appearances with OperAvant sometime this year in New York;

-  Commencing crowdfunding to seek funds for a recording project comprised of several of my chamber compositions including my seventh string quartet, Hitch! for string quintet and other works to be determined (Label to be announced);

 - Commencing crowdfunding to seek funds for several recording projects conducting orchestral works by Ulysses Kay (five compositions receiving world premiere recordings for Albany Records) and Heikki Suolahti (more news to follow on this project, label to be determined) and eventually a couple of discs of wind band music by several composers to be announced. These projects will span across this year and next, so updates will be forthcoming.

And, like last year, there will be some surprise announcements in regard to any compositions of mine that might get programmed at the last minute, so please stay tuned for further news.

Thank you, one and all. 

Sincerely,
Kevin Scott

p.s. - if you receive a duplicate announcement, it is because I have yet to properly update my list. Please let me know this and I will correct it immediately.

p.p.s. - if you do not wish to receive further announcements, please contact me and I will remove you from my mailing list immediately.

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