Composer News
September 21, 2009
Selections-in-progess from the multimedia theatre piece "No Other Land" will be featured at the Infusion Theatre Company's New Play Development Workshop. Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL, 7:30 PM. Free tickets available online.
July 11, 2009
Premiere performance by New Music New York of "Facts About the Moon," written for the ensemble, as part of their "We Came in Peace for All Mankind" concert, featuring Megan Weston, soprano. Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY, 7:30 PM.
May 9, 2009
"Two Spring Songs" for SATB choir will be performed (the first in a new version) by the Festival Choir of Madison, conducted by Dr. Bruce Gladstone. First Unitarian Society of Madison Atrium Auditorium, Madison, WI, 7:30 PM.
May 1, 2009
"Hower-Glass" for choir and piano will be premiered on the UW Chorale concert, entitled "Time's Up!" Conducted by Dr. Bruce Gladstone. Mills Concert Hall, Madison, WI, 8:00 PM.
April 25, 2009
Tenor Steven Ebel will perform Scott's song cycle "The Space Between" on the Guest Artist Series at the UW-Madison School of Music, with pianist Diana Shapiro. Morphy Recital Hall, Madison, WI, 8:00 PM.
April 25, 2009
Tenor Christopher Smith will present a full-length recital of art songs and song cycles by Scott Gendel. St. Botolph Church, Boston, MA, 8:00 PM.
April 9, 2009
"The Night Knight," a concert-length Madrigal Comedy for all ages, will be performed as part of a University of Wisconsin-Madison public outreach event, at the Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, WI, 7:30 PM. Conducted by Dr. Bruce Gladstone.February 2009
"American Vistas", a CD of music for voice and flute, by Mimmi Fulmer and Leone Buyse is released commercially by Albany Records. Scott's piece "Patterns" is featured, with the composer at the piano.
December 7, 2008
"I Sorrow Not (Midwinter)" for five large choirs will receive its premiere performance. University of Wisconsin-Madison Choral Department Winter Concerts. Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI, 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM.
June 6, 2008
Mezzo-soprano Jessica Timman will perform 5 of Scott's re-imagined classic Italian Art Songs and Arias, including the premiere of his "Caro Mio Ben" arrangment. Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI, 6:30 PM.
April 27, 2008
"Invocation to the Muse" and "Persephone's Spring" will receive their world premiere performance by the Madison Youth Choirs in their staged concert entitled Greek to Me: A choral Extravaganza. Capitol Theatre, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI, 1:00 and 4:30 PM.
April 22, 2008
"The Space Between" will be performed by soprano Emily Albrink and pianist Wilson Southerland on a concert by New Music New York entitled The Peace of Wild Things: Wendell Berry in Song. Christ & St. Stephens, New York, NY.
April 13, 2008
"The Night Knight," a concert-length Madrigal Comedy for 5-part mixed choir will receive its premiere performance by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Madrigal Singers, conducted by Dr. Bruce Gladstone. Mills Recital Hall, Madison, WI.
March 26, 2008
Soprano Claudia Waite will perform "For Miriam" in a recital in North Carolina.
December 5, 2007
Scott will discuss the composition of his song cycle "The Space Between" for the UW-Madison composition department in their masterclass. Humanities Building, 3:15 PM.
November 18, 2007
"Ave Verum Corpus, After Byrd" for double choir, and "Ten Thousand Miles" for quadruple choir will receive their premiere performances on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chorale and Madrigal Singers' concert entitled "Double Your Pleasure: A Polychoral Spectacular," conducted by Dr. Bruce Gladstone.
November 15, 2007
Scott and soprano Beth Allred will perform "The Peace of Wild Things" from The Space Between in a masterclass for soprano Dawn Upshaw. Old Music Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2:30 PM.
October 20, 2007
Premiere performance of "My Beloved," a solo a cappella setting of selections from the biblical Song of Solomon. Kelly Bremner, soprano. Marlborough, MA. 4:00 PM.
June 18, 2007
"The Space Between" will receive its Canadian premiere as part of the Vancouver International Song Institute, an 11-day festival of art song. The cycle, on texts of Wendell Berry, will act as the centerpiece of an evening concert entitled "Our Lasting World." "The Space Between," commissioned by the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, will be performed by soprano Martha Guth and pianist Alison D'Amato. University of British Columbia School of Music Recital Hall, Vancouver, BC, 8:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased online via Tickets Tonight.
May 1, 2007
Premiere performance by New Music New York of "Since I Left You," written for the ensemble, as part of their "21st Century Shakespeare" concert, featuring Steven Ebel, tenor. St. Peter's Church, 54th and Lexington, NYC, 8:00 PM.
April 20, 2007
The New York Singing Teachers' Association will feature Scott's "Violi Songs" as well as some of his "Italian Art Songs and Arias, Revamped" on their concert entitled "Poets, Prophets, and Queens." With Amy Synatzske, soprano; Matthew Garrett, tenor; and Jocelyn Dueck and Charis Dimaras, pianists. The Yamaha Showroom, 689 5th Avenue, NYC, 7:30 PM.
April 15, 2007
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Madrigal Singers, directed by Dr. Bruce Gladstone, will premiere Scott's piece, "The Road of Excess," on a proverb by William Blake. Mills Hall, UW-Madison, 7:30 PM.
March 17-24, 2007
Premiere performance of the English language translation of Dutch playwright Heleen Verburg's "Hibernation," for which Scott was commissioned to write 7 songs and incidental music. Directed and translated by Manon van de Water. Presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Theatre for Young Audiences program in the Hemsley Theatre, Vilas Hall, Madison, WI. Click here to purchase tickets.
February 24, 2007
Premiere performance of "The Space Between," a song cycle on poetry of Wendell Berry, commissioned by the Lotte Lehmann Foundation. The premiere is to be presented by Joy In Singing on their annual Composers Concert, and will be performed by Martha Guth, soprano, and Bradley Moore, piano. Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC, 3:00 PM.
December 5, 2006
"A Gleam in Her Eye" for 3 percussionists will receive its premiere performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Western Percussion Ensemble. Mills Concert Hall, Madison, WI, 7:30 PM.
