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BIO Scott Routenberg is an experienced and versatile composer, arranger, jazz pianist, audio programmer and teacher currently working in Florida. 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 holds a BA in Music (Jazz Emphasis) and Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001). Scott's classical compositions have been performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic, the New York Youth Symphony's Jazz Band Classic, and many other ensembles. Premieres include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Schoenberg Hall (UCLA), the Fox Newman Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, and Gusman Concert Hall (University of Miami). Conductors who have premiered Scott's classical pieces include Michael Krajewski, Vince Mendoza, Thomas Sleeper, Huifang Chen, and Sofia Kraevska. Scott's jazz compositions have been performed and recorded by Howard Levy (harmonica), Jeremy Monteiro ("Singapore's King of Swing"), Billy Contreras (violin), Brandon Wright (sax), the University of Miami Frost School of Music's Concert Jazz Band, and many others. As a jazz pianist, Scott has performed with Howard Levy, Billy Contreras, Ira Sullivan, Brandon Wright, John Michalak, Alejo Poveda, Dale Powers, Matt Bonelli, Chris Whiteman, Phil Doyle, Troy Roberts, Dan McGovern, Kathleen Grace, Lisanne Lyons, Julie Silvera, Jim Ketch, and John Brown, among many others. 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. 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. In January 2010 Dr. Routenberg will begin teaching as adjunct faculty at the University of South Florida in lieu of Distinguished Professor of Jazz Composition Chuck Owen (past president of IAJE), who is on sabbatical for a year to write a concerto for his recently awarded Guggenheim Fellowship. Dr. Routenberg has two years experience as an adjunct faculty member at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida, where he taught 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. ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
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Scott receiving the John Lennon Songwriting Contest's Maxell Song of the Year
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