Bio

     Dr. Scott Routenberg is an award-winning composer, arranger, jazz pianist, audio programmer and educator currently working in Florida, USA.

     Scott's classical works and Pops arrangements have been performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Orlando Symphony, the Naples Philharmonic, and Hollywood studio musicians (who have recorded film scores for composers like John Williams and Hans Zimmer).  Premieres include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Lantaren Venster (Rotterdam, Netherlands), the Fox Newman Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, Schoenberg Hall (UCLA), and Gusman Concert Hall (University of Miami). Conductors who have premiered Scott's works include Michael Krajewski, Vince Mendoza, Thomas Sleeper, Huifang Chen, and Sofia Kraevska.  

     Scott's jazz compositions have been performed and recorded by the Metropole Orkest, Howard Levy (harmonica), Roberta Gambarini (vocalist), the Jeremy Monteiro Big Band (Singapore), Billy Contreras (violin), Brandon Wright (sax), the University of Miami Frost School of Music Concert Jazz Band, the New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band Classic, and many others.  As a jazz pianist, Scott has performed with Howard Levy, Billy Contreras, Arturo Sandoval, Jack Wilkins, Mark Neuenschwander, Gary Keller, Ira Sullivan, John Michalak, Alejo Poveda, Dale Powers, Matt Bonelli, Lisanne Lyons, Julie Silvera, John Brown, the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic Orhcestra, and many more. 

     Scott is the 2004 winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest's Maxell Song of the Year (awarded 2005), for his electro-acoustic composition Bandwidth, featured on the album Jazztronicus. Scott won the top prize after receiving the Grand Prize in the Jazz Category and competing with winners from 12 other categories, including over 25,000 entries in total. Judges from the Executive Committee included Bjork, Elton John, Joshua Redman, John Scofield, Carlos Santana, the Spin Doctors, Danny Tenaglia, Robin Gibb, Enrique Iglesias, the Black Eyed Peas, the Foo Figthers, James Brown, and many more. 

    Other awards and honors include the following: ASCAP Plus Award (2005-2012), 2007 ASCAP David Rose Scholarship, 2007 ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop Participant (Los Angeles, with Richard Bellis), 2006 Downbeat Student Award for Best Extended Length Composition, 2006, 2003 & 2002 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards, 2004 Heineken Music Initiative/ASCAP Foundation R&B Grant Program (Miami winner), and 2004 Henry Mancini Institute Composer Participant (Los Angeles, UCLA).  Request a full resume/CV.

     For the past ten years, Scott has been recording, digitally editing, mixing and mastering his own music, the result of which can be heard on his self-produced albums Jazztronicus (2006) and Lots of Pulp (2003), both of which explore jazz-influenced electro-acoustic hybrids. 

     Scott holds three graduate degrees from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, including the following: Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Composition (2008), Master of Music in Media Writing and Production (2005), and Master of Music in Jazz Piano Performance (2003).  Scott also received a BA in Music and Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001).  Dr. Routenberg's doctoral essay, Americana Suite: A Composition for Full Orchestra, Big Band, and Jazz Chamber Ensembles Inspired by American Master Paintings is published by ProQuest Learning Company.  Dr. Routenberg has taught as Adjunct Faculty at the University of South Florida (Jazz Arranging and Composition, 2010), Saint Leo University (2009), and Miami Dade College (2005-2007, Jazz and Popular Music History).  Other teaching credits include seven years experience as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Miami in both the Jazz and Musciology Departments. 

SCOTT IS AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE JAZZ PIANO AND COMPOSITION LESSONS, INCLUDING SKYPE LESSONS.