Jeff Scott
This project means, “an opportunity to share my love of music with incredibly talented, young musicians who will be the biggest influence of the future in arts.”
Biography
Jeff Scott, a native of Queens, NY, started the French horn at age 14, receiving an anonymous gift scholarship to go to the Brooklyn College Preparatory Division. An even greater gift came from his first teacher, Carolyn Clark, who taught the young Mr. Scott for free during his high school years, giving him the opportunity to study music when resources were not available. Mr. Scott continued his studies at Manhattan School of Music and SUNY @ Stony Brook, studying horn performance with David Jolley, William Purvis as well as Scott Brubaker and Jerome Ashby.
Mr. Scott's performance credits are many and varied. They include The Lion King orchestra (on Broadway, New York) 1997-2005, and the 1994 revival of Showboat 1994-1997. He has performed numerous times under the direction of Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Scott is the French hornist in the internationally acclaimed wind quintet “Imani Winds” and is a prolific composer/arranger.
Jeff Scott was recently appointed as Associate Professor of Horn at Oberlin College.
Circle Dance
His piece Circle Dance was composed for a horn quartet. The inspiration behind his new work was the communal, folk tradition of dancing in a circle, which has history in many cultures. He specifically focused on the rhythms of the African and Latin traditions. Mr. Scott feels it is important for young musicians to become familiar with as many different musical influences as possible, and this piece was a great opportunity to help in that effort.