Stephen Scott (October 10, 1944 – March 10, 2021) was an
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best known for his development of the bowed piano. This is a form of
extended technique
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which involves a grand piano being played by an ensemble of ten musicians who utilize lengths of rosined horsehair, nylon filament, and other utensils to bow the strings of the piano, creating an orchestra-like sound. Scott borrowed the technique from
C. Curtis-Smith, who invented it in 1972. Scott founded the Bowed Piano Ensemble in 1977, for which he composed. His work is associated with the
minimalist
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style of composition.
Scott studied with
Homer Keller
Homer T. Keller (b. Oxnard, California, February 17, 1915; d. Upland, California May 12, 1996) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
He graduated from Oxnard Union High School in Oxnard, California in 1933, after which he a ...
at the
University of Oregon
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and subsequently with Ron Nelson and Gerald Shapiro. He taught music at
Colorado College
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from 1969 to 2014, becoming a full professor there in 1989. He also taught at
Evergreen State College
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and has served as visiting composer at the Aspen Music School,
New England Conservatory of Music
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,
Princeton University
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, the
University of Southern California
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, and at several universities and conservatories in Australia and Europe.
Several recordings with Scott's Bowed Piano Ensemble have been released by
New Albion Records
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,
Albany Records
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, and
Navona Records. Scott has performed and composed pieces in a thirteen
limit
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tuning by
Terry Riley
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.
[Varela, Daniel (March 2005).]
Stephen Scott Interview
, ''Perfect Sound Forever''. See:
, ''BowedPianoEnsemble.com''.
References
External links
Stephen Scott, ''ColoradoCollege.edu''.
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Homepage, ''BowedPianoEnsemble.com''.
Interview with Stephen Scott, ''MusicMavericks.PublicRadio.org''
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at Other Minds 9, 2003">U.S. Premiere of Stephen Scott's "Paisajes Audibles" at Other Minds 9, 2003, ''Archive.org''.
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1944 births
2021 deaths
20th-century classical composers
American male classical composers
American classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Musicians from Corvallis, Oregon
Musicians from Colorado Springs, Colorado
University of Oregon alumni
Colorado College faculty
21st-century American composers
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
Classical musicians from Oregon