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He has received awards for piano, composition,
and vocal performance. Recent highlights include winner of the VSA Arts 2008 Young
Soloists Award; First Place in the Herberger Theater Center Young Artist Competition;
First Place in the Fiesta Chorus of Sweet Adeline Talent Search; First Place in the
Butterfield Young Artist Concerto Competition; Grand Prize Winner Phoenix Symphony Guild,
First Place Senior Piano Concerto competition; and second place in the national finals of
the Canadian Music Competitions. He has performed as guest soloist with symphony
orchestras, as well as playing the Kennedy Center, Orpheum Theater, Sundome, Phoenix
Symphony Hall, and Gammage Auditorium.
As an independant
musician Scott has been flown to cities in North America and Europe for performances
including a performance and interview for the "Hour of Power" broadcast taped in
front of a live audience of 4,000 in California. He frequently donates performances for
conventions, churches, charities, and stadium athletic events (US Airways Center / Phoenix
Suns, Chase Field / Diamondbacks), and thoroughly enjoys bringing his music to all
audiences.
Scott has lived,
performed, and studied in London, England where he obtained his masters degree in
Performance Studies from the Royal College of Music and Royal Holloway University of
London. He was also accepted to both Oxford
and Cambridge for further graduate-level research. After
graduating from Arizona State University at age 19, Summa-Cum-Laude with a BM in Piano
Performance, he was nominated by the College of Fine Arts as the Outstanding
Graduate. Scott is the recipient of the Marshall scholarship, Fulbright scholarship
(to the UK), USAToday All-USA Academic First Team and is a Rhodes Finalist for Arizona. In
2006, He was received in the White House by the First Lady as one of three national
RFB&D scholarship winners. He previously studied on scholarship at Boston University
Tanglewood Institute, Universitat Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and Royal Conservatory
of Music in Toronto, Canada. Other ambitions
include computer programming and languages, skiing with a sighted guide, performing in
community theatre and musicals including lead roles in Youre a Good Man
Charlie Brown and The Music Man. He has participated in the YMCA
"Youth in Government" program in elected positions of President of the Senate,
Senate Majority Leader, and was honored to receive the "Outstanding First Year
Senator" award at the Arizona State Capitol for excellence in debate. |
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