Posts by Scott Lee

As the winner of Symphony In C’s 2016-17 Young Composers’ Competition, Lee’s orchestral work Vicious Circles was premiered by Symphony In C on January 28 at the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Performing Arts, with Stilian Kirov Conducting.

In a preview of the upcoming Symphony in C concert, Lee spoke with Gary Wien about Vicious Circles and winning Symphony in C’s 2016-17 Young Composer’s Competition.

Vicious Circles will be performed by Symphony in C on January 28, 2017 alongside works by Bernstein and Dvorak at the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts in Camden, NJ.

Lee will be attending the summer music festival where he will study with esteemed composers Chris Theofanidis and Stephen Hartke. The festival has commissioned Lee to write a string quartet to be premiered at the festival, alongside a short orchestral work to be read by the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra and a fanfare for brass quintet.

Lee was featured in the article as a teacher in the Junior Bach program. The program involves giving composition lessons to middle-school students from St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in midtown Baltimore. The students work on a writing a piece with Peabody composers for a semester, which is then performed by instrumentalists from the conservatory. See the link for the full article.

Chinese virtuoso guitarist Meng Su gave a recital as part of San Francisco Performances’ PIVOT series, including works by Lee, Bach, John Williams, and Sergio Assad. The concert was streamed on Facebook Live.

Providence-based new music ensemble Verdant Vibes has chosen to perform Bottom Heavy from its Call for Scores twice in its upcoming season. The first performance will take place in Boston on April 22, and the second in Providence on April 23.

Lee’s most recent chamber piece, Hurry Up and Wait, was performed at the retreat in Dublin, NH by two members of the MIVOS Quartet, Lauren Cauley and Mariel Roberts, alongside pianist Steve Beck and clarinetist Carlos Cordeiro. Lee participated in the weeklong retreat where he had lessons with Michael Daugherty, D.J. Sparr, and Caroline Mallonée, attended conducting workshops and pedagogy seminars, and performed as part of the chamber choir.

Lee’s newest orchestral work, Vicious Circles was read and recorded by the North Carolina Symphony, conducted by Music Director Grant Llewellyn, alongside a new piece by Yahn Wagner. The reading was the capstone of a fruitful collaboration between the Duke Department of Music and the Symphony.

After Bottom Heavy was awarded an Honorable Mention in ShoutHouse’s Call for Scores, the ensemble performed the piece at the Bitter End in New York City on March 11th alongside works by Alex Burtzos, Will Healy, Jai Issa, and Nuri Hazzard.