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SCOTT LEE COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
Praised as “colo r ful” an d “ e n gag in g ” ( T h e P hi l a d el p hi a In quirer), Scott Le e ’s m usic ofte n ta ke s i ns p i ra t i o n f rom popular ge n re s, explo r in g o d d - m eter g ro oves an d interlocking h o ckets w h ile fe atur in g p o i nt i l l i s t i c
L ee ha s w o rked w i t h l ea d i ng o rc hes tras inclu ding the B a l t i m o re S y m p ho ny Orc hes t ra , t he Nor th C arolina S y m p ho ny, t he Po rt l a nd S y m p ho ny O rchestra, the B o z em a n S y m p ho ny, S y m p ho ny i n C , the Morav ian P hi l ha rm o ni c , R a l ei g h C i v i c S y m p ho ny, the O ccasional S y m p ho ny, t he Pea b o d y S y m p ho ny O rchestra, and m em b ers of t he W i ns to n- S a l em S y mp hony, as well as c ha m b er g ro u p s a nd p o p a rt i s t B en Fo lds.
orchestration and exte n d e d pe r fo r m an ce te ch ni q u es . H i s m usic mar r ies the tra d itio n al in tr ica cy of cla s s i c a l fo rm wi th the more b o d y- ce n te re d a n d visce ral la ng u a ge of c o ntemporary po pula r m usic, cre a tin g a co mp l ex m u s i c of the present w i th b ro a d appe al.
N ot a b l e ho no rs i nc l ude a C har les Ives S c ho l a rs hi p f ro m t he Amer ican Academy of A rt s a nd L et ters , t wo ASCAP Mor ton G o u l d Yo u ng C o m p o ser Awards, winner of t he S y m p ho ny i n C You ng C omp oser ’s C o m p et i t i o n, t he G ra nd P r ize in the 2 015 PA R M A St udent C omp oser C o m p et i t i o n, a nd t h e Gu stav K lemm Aw a rd i n C o m p o s i t i o n from the Peabody I ns t i t u te.
T h e Berkshire E d ge d e scr ib e d th e wo rld premiere of h is “ S lack T id e ” at Tanglew ood Music Ce n te r as h a vin g “ moments both of calm a n d m axim um te nsion... w e’ve n e ve r h e a rd a n yth in g l i ke it.” Lee, a colleague of co n d ucto r No r m a n Huy nh, joins the Bo z e m an S ym ph o n y as c o mposer-in-resid e n ce .
I n 2 02 0, L ee i s c u r rently Assistant P rofes s o r of C o m p osition at the Uni vers i t y of F l o ri d a School of Mu sic, a nd ha s p rev i o u s l y w o r ked as a Lectu rer a t t he Uni vers i t y of Nor th C arolina at G reens b o ro a nd a n i nstr u ctor at D u ke Uni vers i t y. L ee ea rned a P hD i n C o mp osition at D u ke Uni vers i t y, a nd a l s o ho l d s d eg rees f rom the Peabody I ns t i t u te a nd Va nd erb i l t Uni vers i t y.
" I’m thrilled to h ave th e o ppo r tun i ty to come be a pa r t of a flo ur ish in g m usical commun ity, w h ich in clud e s th e Boz eman S ym ph o n y m usicia n s, au dience memb e r s, an d pa tro n s a s well as the stud e n ts a n d faculty a t M o n t a na St a te U niversity,” he sa id . “A s a co m po se r w ith a n o u t s i d er’s p er spective on B o z e m an I h o pe th e pie ce I ’ve w ri t ten wi ll br ing some fre sh e n e r gy an d n e w id e a s t ha t w i l l i n vigorate the orc h e stra . "
“As a comp oser with an outsider’s perspectiv e on Bozeman I hope the piece I’v e written will bring some fr e sh energy and new ideas that will inv igor ate the or che str a." - Scott L e e
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