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Scott A LindrothScott A Lindroth

Title: Vice Provost for the Arts, Professor of Music
Office Location: 031 Mary Duke Biddle
Office Phone: (919) 684-0539, (919) 660-3307
Email Address: scott.lindroth@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~scott1

Education

  • DMA Yale School of Music, 1991
  • MMus Yale School of Music, 1982
  • BMus Eastman School of Music, 1980

Research Interests

I compose instrumental and vocal music as well as work with electronic media. My most recent composition is Twitter Music for two percussion and electronics.

Miscellaneous

new string quartet (Ciompi Quartet), new wind ensemble work (UNCG Wind Ensemble)

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • William Revelli Composition Contest, National Band Association, December 2011
  • Howard Foundation Fellowship, 2002-03
  • Bass Professorship - Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Music, 2002-07
  • Academy Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 1996

Teaching (Fall 2012):

  • Music 690s-1.01, Composition sem (topics) Synopsis
    Biddle 069, W 03:20 PM-05:50 PM

Recent Professional Work:

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    Compositions
  • S.A. Lindroth. Twitter Music. 2011 .  [abs] [author's comments]
  • S.A. Lindroth (music), Anya Belkina (video). Crowded With Voices. 2007 .
  • S.A. Lindroth. Azaan. 2007 .
    Articles
  • L. Ren, D. Dunson, S. Lindroth and L. Carin. "Dynamic nonparametric Bayesian models for analysis of music." Journal of the American Statistical Association (forthcoming)  (2009).
    Recordings

   Commissions:

  • String Quartet for the Ciompi Quartet, Duke University, 2012
    Premiere will take place in Spring 2013.
  • UNC-Greensboro Wind Ensemble, Aycock Auditorium, UNCG, 2012
    Commissioned for the CBDNA National Conference. Premiere will take place in Spring 2013.
  • UNC-Greensboro Wind Ensemble, Aycock Auditorium, UNC-Greensboro, December, 2011 - November, 2012
    A new wind ensemble work to be premiered at the CBDNA National Conference at UNC-Greensboro in spring 2013.
  • Ciompi Quartet, May, 2011 - December, 2012
    New string quartet for the Ciompi Quartet to be premiered in spring 2013.
  • YTTE, Monadnock Music Festival, November, 2008
    for alto flute, viola, and guitar

   Performances:
  • Bell Plates, Robert Schulz with Dinosaur Annex, Boston, May 18, 2008
  • Spin Cycle, Youngstown State University, December 2, 2003
    YSU Wind Ensemble, Stephen Gage - conductor
  • Spin Cycle, University of California, Los Angeles, November 2003
    performed by the UCLA Wind Ensemble, Thomas Lee - conductor
  • Spin Cycle, Eastman School of Music, November 11, 2003
    performed by the Eastman Wind Orchestra
  • Bell Plates, Dartmouth College, August 22, 2003
    Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival, Adam Swilinski - percussion
  • Spin Cycle, Meymandi Hall, Raleigh, May 23, 2003
    North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Michael Votta - conductor
  • Quartet, University of Minnesota, Duluth, April 24, 2003
    performed by Zeitgeist
  • Bell Plates, Yale University School of Music, April 10, 2003
    Adam Swilinski - percussion
  • Spin Cycle, East Carolina University, April 10, 2003
    ECU Wind Ensemble, Scott Carter - conductor
  • Bell Plates, University of South Carolina, April 8, 2003
    Southern Exposure Music Festival, Cameron Britt - percussion
  • Terza Rima, University of South Carolina, April 8, 2003
    Southern Exposure Music Festival, Petrea Warneck - oboe
  • Spin Cycle, CBDA National Conference, Minneapolis, March 28, 2003
    USC Wind Ensemble, H. Robert Reynolds - conductor
  • Spin Cycle, University of Southern California, March 9, 2003
    USC Wind Ensemble, H. Robert Reynolds - conductor
  • Quartet, The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, March 2, 2003
    performed by Zeitgeist
  • Quartet, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, February 27, 2003
    performed by Zeitgeist
  • String Quartet, University of South Carolina, January 30, 2003
    Ciompi Quartet
  • Spin Cycle, Lawrence University wind Ensemble, November 26, 2002
    Robert Levy, cond.
  • Spin Cycle, University of North Texas Wind Ensemble, October 31, 2002
    Eugene Corporon, cond.
  • Spin Cycle, Raleigh, October 31, 2002
    UNC Wind Ensemble, Michael Votta - conductor
  • Bell Plates, Salem College, NCMTA Conference, October 11, 2002
    Cameron Britt, soloist
  • Spin Cycle, University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble, October 10, 2002
    Jeffrey Renshaw, cond.
  • Spin Cycle, University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, October 3, 2002
    Gary Hill, cond.
  • Spin Cycle, University of Michigan Wind Ensemble, March 6, 2002
    Michael Haithcock, cond.

   Compositions Performed:
  • Michigan State University, December, 2011
    Passage performed by the MSU Wind Symphony; John Madden, conductor
  • UNC-Greensboro Wind Ensemble, Aycock Auditorium, UNC-Greensboro, December, 2011
    Passage and SpinCycle performed by the UNCG Wind Ensemble; Keven Geraldi and John Locke, conductors.
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November, 2011
    YTTE performed by Laura Gilbert, Jonathan Bagg, and Daniel Lippel
  • Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA, November, 2011
    Passage, Spin Cycle, Stomp, Bell Plates performed by student and faculty ensembles during a residency in November 2011.
  • Univerisity of North Texas School of Music, November, 2011
    Passage performed by the UNT Wind Ensemble; Eugene Corporon, conductor
  • ECU School of Music, ECU School of Music, September, 2011
    Passage for wind symphony, Scott Carter conductor
  • US Marine Band, Norfolk, VA, March, 2011
    Passage performed by the US Marine Band ("The President's Own") at the American Bandmasters Association (ABA) National Conference; Captain Michelle Rakers, conductor. Passage was commissioned by the ABA.
  • Bell Plates, various, January, 2011 - December, 2011
    Performances by Doug Perkins, Omar Caramantes, and others. 40 copies sold during the 2011 calendar year.
  • Small Change, various, January, 2011 - December, 2011
    Multiple performances by Kevin Clarke and Peter Zlotnik in various locations. 20 copies sold during the 2011 calendar year.

   Residencies:
  • Visiting Composer in Residence, Shenandoah Conservatory, November, 2011
    Performances of Passage, Spin Cycle, Stomp, and Bell Plates; Private lessons with compositions students; Lecture on my music.
  • Residencies, Monadnock Music Festival, August 09, 2009
    spoken comments on YTTE at the Monadnock Music Festival
  • Composer in Residence, Yale School of Music, April 9-10, 2003
  • Composer in Residence, University of South Carolina School of Music, April 8, 2003


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