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Scott also maintains an active career as a composer and arranger. Scott's pieces have been played by professional ensembles across the country including the Jazz Conceptions Orchestra, Rob Parton's JazzTECH Big Band, as well as Bob Lark's DePaul Alumni Big Band. Scott's arrangements have been performed by such artists as vocalist Annie Sellick, and legendary saxophonist Phil Woods. Scott has also been commissioned to create arrangements for high school all-state bands, church choir and orchestra, and has won two Downbeat awards for big band arrangement. In 2012 he completed a "Chamber Jazz" project featuring a jazz influenced ensemble with a sampling of orchestral instruments complete with strings, woodwinds, french horn, and harp. Scott contributed original compositions to this project as well as arrangements of pieces by artists as varied as Hoagy Carmichael, Radiohead, and even Barry Manilow. In October 2013 Scott received an honorable mention for his submission "Apparatus" for the Doc Severinsen International Composition Contest. The piece is scored for symphony orchestra and solo trumpet with jazz drums/bass. Scott is the Associate Course Director for Musical Arrangement in the Music Production department at Full Sail University.
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
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From: Perspective In ThreeBy Scott Dickinson