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Scott Good – Biography:(b.
1972, Toronto).
Dr.
Good is a Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been successfully performed in North America, Europe, and Asia; he is also active as a trombonist.
and conductor.
Currently, Scott works in numerous different musical avenues.
This coming August, 2008, he will begin an appointment as composer in residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, a position for which he is honored and thrilled to be chosen for.
He is presently employed by Wilfred Laurier University as private instructor in composition.
He will also be interim director of the New Music Ensemble at the Glenn Gould school in Toronto in Winter, 2008.
He works as curator for the Esprit Orchestra.
In his fourth season in this role, he has acted as conductor, composer, and solo trombonist for their New Wave composers festival.
Scott has composed music for a variety of ensembles including the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Kitchener/Waterloo Symphony, the Concours International de Montreal, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, the Esprit Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, Toronto Sinfonia, baroque ensemble I Furiosi, the North Toronto Collegiate Institute Symphonic Band, the Onyx wind quintet, the Trillium Brass Quintet, Belladonna, as well as soloists Larry Larson Dale Sorensen, and John Farah.
Scott’s music has been recorded by the Pax Christi Choral on their disc, “Seasons of the Spirit�.
His work “Take thou my hand, O father� was commissioned especially for this recording project.
"and dreams rush forth to greet the distance", composed for the Concours International de Montreal for Violin was recorded on the Analeckta label.
He has served as a trombonist in many orchestras, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, the National Ballet Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony, and Orchestra London among others.
As well, Scott has had the privilege to work with Patria Music Projects.
He participated in the premiere of “The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix� which was broadcast on CBC radio.
As well, Scott participated in performances of the “Enchanted Forest�.
Scott has also worked with Peter Chin on his interdisciplinary work “Stupa� combining music, dance, and poetry.
An emerging soloist, in fall 2008, Scott will be touring Canada as composer and trombone soloist with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal with a new work entitled "Shock Therapy Variations".
Other soloist/composer projects include a collection of blues/shuffle songs under the title of RUB, and a co-writing project with Dwight Schenk whose songs are inspired by the late Kurt Vonnegut's seminal novels.
Scott also performs with such diverse ensembles as the Glenn Buhr ensemble, the Ugly Bug Band, the Human Remains, the Woodchoppers Association, Kanaka, the Lollipop People, the Charlie Ringus jazz sextet, the Basement Arms, and GUH.
He appears on many albums with these and other bands and soloists.
Dr.
Good studied at the Eastman School of Music (BMus in composition and performance, 1995) and the University of Toronto (Dmus, composition, 2005).
His teachers have included Samuel Adler, Gary Kulesha, Christos Hatzis, Ka Nin Chan, Joseph Schwantner, David Liptak, Christopher Rousse (orchestration), Robert Gauldin (16th century counterpoint), Edward Laufer (schenkerian analysis), as well as trombonists John Marcellus and Alain Trudel.
He has twice attended the Banff summer music festival, the festival of the Sound, Scotia Fest, the Winnipeg Jazz festival, the Guelph jazz festival, and the Schlossfestpiel in Heidelburg.
He has received numerous awards for his music, including the Howard Hanson Prize (1995) and First Prize at the Winnipeg New Music Festival Composers Competition (1996); more recently, he has received the John Weinzweig Prize (1999) and three prizes in the SOCAN Competition for Young Composers (2000-01).
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