SCOTT DUNN – conductor and pianist

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

June 1-9, 2010 – Perform various works in Second Annual Music Festival in the Turks and Caicos Islands with violinist Peter Krysa, clarinetist Igor Begelman, the Sweet Plantain String Quartet and others at Amanyara, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

June 17, 2010 – 2010 Hollywood Bowl summer season begins with gala opening concert with Hollywood Bowl Orchestra honoring Donna Summer and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, LA, Ca

July 6,7 and 8 2010 – RENT directed by Neil Patrick Harris at the Hollywood Bowl, LA, Ca

July 9 and 10, 2010 – cover conductor  A Beatles Celebration concerts with Patti Austin, Todd Rundgren, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Thomas Wilkins and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, Ca

July 11, 2010 – perform in “50 Fingers/88 Keys” concert to benefit the Jacaranda Concert Series, Santa Monica, Ca
September 3 and 4 –  cover conductor Earth, Wind and Fire with Thomas Wilkins and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, Ca

September 5 – cover conductor Movie Night honoring Twentieth Century Fox with David Newman and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, Ca

September 12, 2010 - 2010 Hollywood Bowl, summer season ends with Pink Martini and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA, Ca

September 16, 2010 – perform with violinist Elmira Darvarova Adams’ Road Movies, works of Vernon Duke and the US premiere of the Alfano Violin sonata for the New York Festival of Chamber Music, Symphony Space, NYC

September 23, 2010 – receive “Distinguished Alumni Fellow” Award from the College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

October 23, 2010 – perform various Charles Ives’ songs and solo piano works on the Jacaranda Series in Santa Monica, CA

RECENT OPERA CONDUCTING  HIGHLIGHTS

May 2010 – New York City Opera’s VOX FESTIVAL: Julian Wachner’s EVANGELINE REVISTED with New York City Opera Orchestra and various artists

April 2010 – 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

May 2009 – UCLA opera. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL in semi-staged concert presentation

November 2006 – Pittsburgh Opera. Gounod’s ROMEO AND JULIETTE for student matinee with Pittsburgh Opera orchestra and various artists Pittsburgh Opera Studio

April 2007 – Pittsburgh Opera. Benjamin Britten’s BILLY BUDD with Nathan Gunn, Robin Legatte, Greer Grimsley and the Pittsburgh opera chorus - studio run

August 2006 – Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown NY. World premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett’s THE GARDEN

August 2006 – Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY.  Rossini’s BARBER OF SEVILLE cover production

November 2005 – Kentucky Opera. Malcolm Williamson’s HAPPY PRINCE in touring production co-directed by David Neuman and Amy Trompetter

May 2005 - Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium. Schoenberg’s PIERROT LUNAIRE with mezzo Brenda Patterson

January 2005 – Atlantic Center for the Arts, Smyrna Beach, Fla. George Plimpton and K. Brazelton’s ANIMAL TALES children’s opera in fully produced workshop and premiere

November 2004 – for Houston Opera. Mark Adamo’s LYSISTRATA music direct reference recording for premiere production.

July 2004 – Teatro Giotto, Vicchio, Tuscany. Puccini’s LA BOHEME, Weill’s MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL and Ricky Ian Gordon’s 2244 SHORE POINT ROAD in full productions for La
Fabbrica

SYMPHONIC CONDUCTING SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS

September 2009 – Hollywood Bowl, LA. “An Evening with Natalie Cole and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra”. Orchestral first half featuring Oliver Nelson’s Stolen Moments, David Raksin’s Laura and the Hollywood Bowl premier of Maria Schneider’s Aries de Lando

March 2009 – Skirball Auditorium, NYC. “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

July, 2008 – Hollywood Bowl, LA. “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

September, 2007 – State Auditorium, Guanajuato Mexico. Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato, soprano Leena Chopra and others

May, 2006 – Koka Booth Auditorium, Raleigh, N. Carolina.
Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the North Carolina Symphony, soprano Anne de Renais and others

February, 2006 – Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France. Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Orchestre National de France, soprano Anne de Renais and others

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. Poulenc’s Babar the Elephant with Ron Guttman narrator and the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra

August, 2001 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, NY. Haydn Piano Concerto in D, Beethoven Symphony # 1 with Scott Dunn as conductor and soloist

RECENT PIANO SOLO AND CHAMBER APPEARANCES

June 2010 – Provincidales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. Play various chamber works in Second Annual Turks and Caicos Music Festival

December, 2009 – private house concert Santa Fe, NM. Play various works Vernon Duke for violin and piano at home of composer’s widow

November, 2009 – KPFK radio, LA, CA. Play John Adams’
Road Movies for violin and piano with violinist Alyssa Park on live radio

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

March, 2009 - house concert in Pasadena, CA. with violinist Elmira Darvarova ; world premiere ‘lost’ works by Vernon Duke for violin and piano as well as performance of Vernon Duke Violin Concerto (written for Heifetz)

February, 2009 - Church of the Ascension, NYC, NY. With mezzo Barbara Rearick in benefit vocal recital of works by R.R. Bennett, M. De Falla and Jerome Kern

January, 2009 - Hanson Auditorium, Manchester, IA. perform all-Chopin solo benefit recital

November, 2008 -  Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, PA. Perform Ricky Ian Gordon’s of 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 records 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

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOLO PIANO APPEARANCES WITH MAJOR ORCHESTRAS

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

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