Scott Dunn - calendar
RECENT & UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
2007
January 5 th , 6 th and 7 th , record Duke “Homage to Boston” for Naxos at C.B.C. Glenn Gould Studios , Toronto
January 21 st 3 PM Jacaranda Concert Series , Cypress Recital Hall CSUN , Northridge , Ca; perform Copland “Variations” and Ives “Concord Sonata”
March 24 th, 27 th, 30 th and April 1 st, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; cover conductor for performances of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”
April 7 th , 8PM , Jacaranda Concert Series, Santa Monica, Ca; perform Reich “Eight Lines”, Joplin “Three Euphonious Rags” and Rjewski “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues”
April 27 th , 7PM , Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania;
Conduct studio run of Britten’s “Billy Budd” with Nathan Gunn, Greer Grimsley and Robin Leggate
May 6 th, 8 th, 10 th, and 12 th, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; cover conductor for performances of Britten’s “Billy Budd”
July 22 nd, 23 rd and 24 th, Warner Brothers Studios, N. Hollywood Ca; play piano in Danny Elfman scoring sessions for Errol Morris documentary “S.O.P.”
August 8 th, 9 th and 10 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Sgt Peppers at 40 : A Beatles Celebration” with Edwin Outwater
September 1 st and 2 nd, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “The Big Picture : Paramount Movie Night” with David Newman
September 14 th, 15 th and 16 th, Pink Martini and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Fireworks Finale: Pink Martini at the Cocoanut Grove” with Thomas Wilkins
October 16 th and 19 th, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pa; assistant conductor for “Madama Butterfly” with Veronica Villarroel, Frank Lopardo and Zheng Cao with Antony Walker, cond.
October 20 th, 8PM , Jacaranda Concert Series, Santa Monica, Ca; perform Bolcom “Four Piano Etudes – Recitative, Nocturne, Rag and L’hymne d’amour” and Joan Tower’s cello and piano “Tres Lent” with cellist Tim Loo
November 1 st, Naxos International , Hong Kong, release of Vernon Duke Piano concerto (orchestrated and performed Scott Dunn) and Cello concerto (Sam Magill, cello) with Dmitry Yablonsky and the Russian Philharmonic , as well as the “Homage to Boston “ solo piano suite
November 9 th, 9AM , ASCAP headquarters, NYC, NY; serve as panelist for the 2007 Lotte Lehmann Foundation/ASCAP art-song writing competition
2008
March 29 th, April 1 st , 4 th and 6 th, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pa; off stage and asst conductor for Verdi’s “Aida” with Stephanie Blythe, mezzo, Ester Sumegi , soprano and Antony Walker, cond.
April 18 th and 19 th , Nashville Symphony , Nashville , Tenn; asst. conductor to John Mauceri for program of Weill “Seven Deadly Sins” with Ute Lemper and the Korngold “Symphony in F Sharp Minor”
May 19 th, 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
June 3 rd through 9 th , Lincoln Center, NYC NY; premiere of Danny Elfman’s new ballet ”Rabbit and Rogue” (with orchestration and production assistance from Scott Dunn) for Twyla Tharp and the American Ballet Theater
June 9 th and 10 th, 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
June 17 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for special “Warner Bros Movie Night” with composer/conductor David Newman
June 20 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Opening Night at the Bowl” with cond. Thomas Wilkins and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
June 28 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Sgt Peppers Revisited” with Cheap Trick, special guests and Edwin Outwater, cond
July 11 th and 12 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Some Enchanted Evening; an Evening of Romance at the Bowl with Chris Isaak” and Thomas Wilkins, cond
July 18 th and 19 th Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Julie Andrews: the Gift of Music” with Julie Andrews, host and Ian Fraser, cond
July 23 rd, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; conductor for “An Evening with Chris Botti and Orchestra – with special guest Cassandra Wilson and conductor, Scott Dunn
August 8 th, 9 th and 10 th, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; asst. conductor for “Les Misérables in Concert” with Brian Stokes-Mitchell, Rosie O’Donnell and Kevin Stites, cond.
August 15 th and 16 th Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “A Night in Old Havanna” with Cachao and the Mambo All-Stars and Thomas Wilkins, cond.
August 31 st Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “Movie Night – Warner Brothers 85 th Anniversary” with David Newman
September 7 th Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Ca; cover conductor for “The Peking Acrobats” with Thomas Wilkins, cond.
September 8 th and 23 rd , NYC, NY; record rehearsal version of “Wizard of Oz” for Tams-Witmark
October 18 th, 21 st, 24 th and 26 th Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pa; off stage and asst conductor for Saint-Saens “Samson et Dalilia” with Stephanie Blythe, mezzo and Antony Walker , cond
November 12th, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pa; perform Ricky Ian Gordon’s of “Orpheus and Euridice”
November 15 th, 18 th, 21 st and 23 rd, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Pa; off stage and asst conductor for new production Ricky Ian Gordon’s of “Grapes of Wrath”
