| SCOTT DUNN – 2012-2013 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
September 7, 2012 - perform Satie's Vexations in 24 hour marathon performance in the Cage 100 Festival, Miles Playhouse, Santa Monica, CA
September 24-29, 2012 - work on Boston Symphony production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (original 1935 production version) with Alfred Walker, Laquita Mitchell, Marquita Lister and Gregg Baker. Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
October 14-15, 2012 - play two benefit concerts with violinist Tricia Park featuring world premiere of RR Bennett's Four Vernon Duke Songs; Heifetz/Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess Manchester and Iowa City, IA
October 22-27, 2012 - conduct world premiere recording of recently recovered 'lost' choral works of Leon Kirchner for commercial release, NYC, NY
November 17-18, 2012 - play and conduct Debussy (arr. Schoenberg/Benno Sachs) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune and other works for Salastina Music Society concert Mount St Mary's College, Brentwood, CA and at Thayer Hall, The Colburn School, LA, CA
November 24-25, 2012 - record complete Violin Works of Vernon Duke with violinist Elmira Darvarova for Naxos, Princeton, NJ
January 12, 2013 - conduct Ligeti Piano Concerto with Jacaranda Symphony and Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng pianist for Jacaranda Concerts, Santa Monica, CA
January 24, 2013 - release of Leon Kirchner Revelations CD: including the premiere recordings Dunn conducting Dawn and Words from Wordsworth; two seminal early choral works for Verdant World Records/Naxos NYC NY
February 4, 2013 - present selections from Bridge CD of Mohammed Fairouz' opera Sumeida's Song at Egypt mini-series at Bruno Walter, Auditorium NY Performing Arts Library, NYC
March 2, 2013 - conduct Atlanta Symphony in Pops concert with works of Copland and Grofé and featuring Steve Martin and the Deep Canyon Rangers, The Woodruff Center, Atlanta GA
March 17, 2013 - conduct Omaha Symphony and soprano Jennifer Zetlan in Schoenberg (orchestrated Dunn) Four Brettl - Lieder for Voice and Chamber Orchestra; Debussy (arr. Schoenberg/Benno Sachs) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune; JS Bach (arr Webern) Ricercare from A Musical Offering; and Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Witherspoon Concert Hall, Omaha, NE
April, 2013 - record demo recording with soprano Patricia Racette, et al of MISIA, a 'new' musical by Vernon Duke, based on a concept by Kay Duke Ingalls with book and lyrics by Barry Singer and musical adaptations and arrangements by Scott Dunn, NYC NY
May 5, 2013 - accompany mezzo Barbara Rearick in an all Richard Rodney Bennett tribute vocal recital; Princeton, NJ
May, 11th 2013 - accompany mezzo Barbara Rearick in an all Richard Rodney Bennett tribute vocal recital Opera America Center NYC NY
May 19-29, 2013 - series of violin/piano recitals with violinist Tricia Park world premiere of RR Bennett's arrangement of Three Harold Arlen Songs (world premiere) as well as his Four Vernon Duke Songs; Heifetz/Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess; American in Paris; Three Preludes and the Gershwin/Dushkin Short Story; NYC, LA and Santa Fe, NM
June 15, 2013 - conduct Stravinsky L'histoire du Soldat with violinist Tricia Park et al for MUSIC IC; Iowa City, IA
June 21 - Sept 15, 2013 - cover various concerts featuring the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with Willie Nelson; Blue Man Group; Earth, Wind and Fire; and others. Hollywood Bowl, LA CA
July 18-19, 2013 - record for Bridge records RR Bennett's arrangement of Three Harold Arlen Songs (world premiere) as well as his Four Vernon Duke Songs; Heifetz/Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess; American in Paris; Three Preludes and the Gershwin/Dushkin Short Story; Di Menna Center, NYC NY
October 21,2013 - conduct Richard Rodney Bennett memorial concert featuring New York and American premieres of Reflections on a Theme of William Walton for 11 solo strings; Concerto for Stan Getz with Eddie Daniels, tenor sax; Suite from Sidney Lumet film BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD featuring Fred Sherry, cello and Gordon Gottlieb, timp ; Songs Before Sleep for strings and baritone with Jonathan Lemalu, bass baritone; St Peter's Church, NYC NY
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES (SYMPHONIC)
April 21, 2012 – conduct the west coast premiere of S. Gubaidulina Risonanza for Jacaranda Series, Santa Monica, CA
April 2, 2012 – conduct Mohammed Fairouz' opera Sumeida's Song with mezzo Rachel Calloway; soprano Jo Ellen Miller; tenor Robert Mack and baritone, Mischa Bouvier with Mimesis Ensemble at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY
March 28, 2012 – conduct revival of 'lost' Vernon Duke Violin Concerto with violinist Tricia Park and the University of Iowa Symphony, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
February through March, 2012 – conduct guitarist Trey Anastasio's WINTER SYMPHONY TOUR with Atlanta Symphony, at Symphony Hall; Pittsburg Symphony at Heinz Hall; Colorado Symphony at Boettcher Concert Hall and the LA Philharmonic at Disney Hall y Hall, LA, CA
October 2011 – conduct the West Coast premiere of Phillip Glass' Another Look at Harmony, Part 4 for the Jacaranda series in Santa Monica, CA
October 2011 – conduct Russian premiere of three large Vernon Duke works for orchestra, chorus and soloists including the End of St. Petersburg Oratorio, Epitaph for Diaghilev and Dedicases for orchestra, piano and soprano obligato with pianist Nicolai Mazhara, mezzo Maria Solovieva, soprano Anastasia Kalagina, tenor Dmitri Voropaev, bass Ilya Bannick, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and the Capella Chorus of St. Petersburg for the "Diaghilev PS" Festival at the Great Hall of St. Petersburg,St. Petersburg, Russia
August, 2011 – conduct TRIBUTE CONCERT TO SERGE GAINSBOURG with Beck, Sean Lennon, Lulu Gainsbourg, Victoria LeGrand, Ed Droste, Mike Patton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and various other artists with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA CA
September 2010 – with his University of Iowa DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI FELLOW award, conduct the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra (Ravel La Valse and Màrquez Danzon no. 2), the University of Iowa Marching Band, and the University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble with soprano Ann Carvero in the world premiere of the Schoenberg (arranged Dunn) Four Brettl-lieder/Cabaret Songs for Voice and Chamber Orchestra, Debussy (arranged Benno Sachs) Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune and the Weill Tanz-potpourri and Blues-potpourri, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
September 2009 – conduct "An Evening with Natalie Cole and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra" also with Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments, David Raksin's Laura and the Hollywood Bowl premier of Maria Schneider's Aries de Lando with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, CA
March 2009 – conduct "Music and the Movies: The Rosenman Legacy Tribute Concert" with the NYU Symphony Orchestra featuring the Bach/Webern Fuga from a Musical Offering, Berg Lyric Suite, Vitali/Rosenman Chaconne with violinist Greg Fulkerson as well synced live orchestral performance with graduate student films and orchestral film cue suites from EAST OF EDEN, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and other Rosenman films, Skirball Auditorium, NYC, NY
July, 2008 – conduct "An Evening with Chris Botti and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra" featuring live orchestra and jazz trumpeter with various works from his CD's by Gershwin, Davis and others with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, CA
September, 2007 – conduct Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato, soprano Leena Chopra and others, State Auditorium, Guanajuato Mexico.
May, 2006 – conduct Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony with the North Carolina Symphony, soprano Anne de Renais and others Koka Booth Auditorium, Raleigh, N. Carolina
February, 2006 – conduct Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchestre National de France, soprano Anne de Renais and others, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES (OPERA and BALLET)
December, 2011 - conduct multiple performances of Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker with NYC Ballet leads, Janie Taylor and Sebastian Marcovici, choreography by Mario Nugara at the Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside, CA
April, 2011 – conduct world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz' new opera Sumeida's Song with Mimesis Ensemble; mezzo Rachel Calloway; soprano Jo Ellen Miller; tenor Robert Mack and baritone Randall Scarlata at Ethical Culture Society NYC,NY
March, 2011 – conduct staged presentations of Randall Eng's Henry's Wife directed by David Herskovitz for American Opera Projects and Manhattan School of Music , NYC, NY
December 2010 – conduct multiple performances of Tchaikovsky THE NUTCRACKER choreographed by Mario Nugara at the Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside, CA
May 2010 – conduct for New York City Opera's Vox Festival, Julian Wachner's EVANGELINE REVISTED with New York City Opera Orchestra and various artists Skirball Auditorium, NYC, NY
April 2010 – conduct for New York City Opera's Vox Festival, Scott Davenport Richard's STAR ACROSS THE OCEAN with the New York City Opera Orchestra and various artists Skirball Auditorium, NYC, NY
May 2009 – conduct for UCLA opera, Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL in semi-staged concert presentations directed by Peter Kazaras Schoenberg Auditorium, LA, CA
August 2006 – conduct for Glimmerglass Opera, world premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett's THE GARDEN Busch Theatre, Cooperstown NY. W
August 2006 – conduct for Glimmerglass Opera, Rossini's BARBER OF SEVILLE cover-cast production directed by Leon Majors Cooperstown, NY
November 2005 – conduct for Kentucky Opera Malcolm Williamson's HAPPY PRINCE in touring production co-directed by David Neuman and Amy Trompetter Nashville, TENN, Lexington KY and other venues
May 2005 - conduct Schoenberg's PIERROT LUNAIRE with mezzo Brenda Patterson Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium, NYC, NY
January 2005 – conduct George Plimpton and K. Brazelton's ANIMAL TALES children's opera in fully produced workshop and premiere for the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Smyrna Beach, FLA.
PIANO PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
December, 2011 – perform guest recital with violinist Tricia Park the Stravinsky Divertimento, Duke Violin Concerto and Heifetz/Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
September, 2011 – play the American premiere of Nenia and Scherzino with violinist Elmira Darvarova and the Wagner/Liszt Isolde's Liebestod for the September 11th, 10th anniversary memorial concert by the New York Festival of Chamber Music, Symphony Space, NYC,NY
April, 2011 – play the Wagner/Liszt Isolde's Liebestod in the University of Iowa's Franz Liszt Bicentennial Festival, Iowa City, IA
February, 2011 – record world premiere CD of Alfano Violin Sonata, Nenia and Scherzino and Quintet with Met Opera orchestra violinists Elmira Darvarova and Mary Ann Mumm, violist Craig Mumm and cellist Sam Magill, for Naxos, NYC, NY
February 3, 2011 – perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with conductor Evans Christ and Macedonian Philharmonic in Skopje, Macedonia
October 2010 – perform various Charles Ives' songs with soprano Elissa Johnston and west coast premieres of See the Conquering Hero Comes, Waltz Rondo and the Black March (St Gaudens) for solo piano and various ensemble works on the Jacaranda Series in Santa Monica, CA
September 2010 – perform lecture/recital highlighting jazz music influences in American concert music with Gershwin Preludes, Joplin Solace, Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues and John Adams Road Movies with special guest violinist Tricia Park, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
September 2010 – perform with violinist Elmira Darvarova, John Adams' Road Movies, works of Vernon Duke and the US premiere of the Alfano Violin Sonata and the Catoire Elegy for the New York Festival of Chamber Music, Symphony Space, NYC
June 2010 – Provincidales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. Play various chamber works including Schubert Trout Quintet in Second Annual Turks and Caicos Music Festival
November, 2009 - Jacaranda Series Santa Monica, CA.
West coast premiere of John Adams' Road Movies for violin and piano with violinist Alyssa Park for LA Phil's "West Coast/Left Coast" festival with John Adams curator
September, 2009 - Symphony Space, NYC, NY.
Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925) and Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano (1932) with Elvira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello for the New York Festival of Chamber Music
November, 2008 - Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, PA. Perform Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus and Euridice with soprano Debra Selig
June, 2008 - NYC NY. Record Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano and Alfano Concerto for Violin Cello and Piano for Naxos with Elimira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello
May 2008 - Bruno Walter Auditorium , NYPL at Lincoln Center, NYC NY. Perform Alfano Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925) and American premiere of Alfano Concerto for Violin Cello and Piano (1932) with Elvira Darvarova, violin and Sam Magill, cello
August, 2002 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Mozart Symphony 40 in G minor and Piano Concerto in D minor K466 with the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra and Dunn as soloist and conductor
July, 2002 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY . Beethoven Triple Concerto with Maestro Lukas Foss, The Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Michael Guttmann, Vln and Scott Ballantyne, VC
August, 2001 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Haydn Piano Concerto in D, Beethoven Symphony # 1 with Scott Dunn as conductor and soloist
May, 2001 – Carnegie Hall, NY. Rosza Spellbound Concerto with Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra
April, 2000 – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA. Rosza Spellbound Concerto with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Maestro John Mauceri
January, 1999 – Carnegie Hall, NY. Duke Piano Concerto in C (orchestrated Dunn) with Dennis Russell Davies and the American Composers Orchestra |