SCOTT FREIMAN may be the only person to have sold out Carnegie Hall and been a Finalist for Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. He is also a leading expert on the music of the Beatles who has appeared in several films and TV series about the Fab Four.
Scott is the creator of Deconstructing The Music, a series of unique multimedia lectures on the songwriting and production techniques of musicians. He has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken at colleges, universities, and corporations, such as Pixar, Google, and Facebook.
In 2001, after fifteen years of running a public company, Scott embarked on a new career as a composer, music producer, and studio owner. His first film scores were performed by an orchestra live with picture at Lincoln Center in New York.
Scott composed music for more than ten films, and contributed music to the Emmy®-award winning eleven-part BBC/Discovery series Life. He also acted as sound editor and mixer on many films, including the first 3D made-fortelevision film, David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters, and the award-winning films Encounter Point and Budrus. In
September of 2005, his original music was performed at a sold out Carnegie Hall concert that featured a 17-piece orchestra, a children’s choir, and a George Bush impersonator.
Scott is the former owner of Second Act Studio, a state-of-theart music and video studio for composition, recording, and production designed by renowned studio architect, John Storyk. Second Act Studio played host to a wide range of musicians -- from children to Grammy winners, such as bassist John Patitucci and the Tokyo String Quartet. Scott produced, arranged, and played keyboards for many artists and served as producer on recordings recorded and mixed at Second Act.
In the Fall of 2012, he taught a semester course on “The Beatles In The Studio” at Yale University. He co-hosts the monthly Fab Four Master Class with fellow musicologist Kenneth Womack with whom he leads annual Beatles-themed trips to Liverpool and London. Scott also writes about music and "deconstructs" songs and bands for Culture Sonar.
Scott is the host of the television series Deconstructing the Beatles currently playing on public television stations nationwide, as well as the PBS Passport app. He is featured in eleven Deconstructing the Beatles films currently showing in theatres and available on DVD and streaming. His first nonBeatles “deconstruction” (on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon) premiered in August 20
Scott also created courses for MacProVideo.com, providing online video training in professional software, and taught composing and music technology to children and adults.
Thanks to Hannilore & James Fisher for supporting this event!
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
King’s Theatre is honoured to be on the ancestral and unceded territory of L’nu, also known as the Mi’kmaq Peoples, who have lived and cared for this land since time immemorial. We honour the Peace and Friendship Treaties and acknowledge that we are all treaty people.
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KING’STHEATRE
Built in 1921, King’s Theatre has been at the heart of Annapolis Royal’s cultural community for 100 years. It is a favoured venue for performers, known for its enthusiastic audiences, intimate setting, high quality production values, and warm reception from the community.
King’s Theatre also supports emerging talent. Fostering a close relationships with the schools and the amateur drama community, there are many opportunities for talent in all genres to learn the ropes.
King’s Theatre has also served as a movie house for 100 years, transitioning from reel-to-reel to digital projection and surround sound, with programming that ranges from Indie to Hollywood, to work by filmmakers who call Annapolis home.
Staff & Board
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tracy Summerville, Chair
Margo Tait, Vice Chair
Kerrie Picken, Treasurer
Shannon Kelly, Secretary
Betsy Akin
Thea Boyanowsky
Caroline Hancock
Garth Laidlaw
Thomas May
AC Silver
Alison Warwick
Michael Westcott
STAFF
Janet Larkman, Executive Director
Tracey Harnish, Bookkeeper
Jessica Scott, Box Office & Operations Manager
Devin Fraser, Technical Director
Gregory Muszkie, House Manager
Jamie Alcorn, Sound Technican
Brynja Bachem-Jennings, Box Office and House Support
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