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BIO

     Scott Routenberg is an experienced and versatile composer, arranger, jazz pianist and teacher currently working in South Florida. In May 2008 Scott received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Composition from the University of Miami Frost School of Music (Gary Lindsay, advisor). Scott has earned two Master of Music degrees from UM in Media Writing and Production (2005) and Jazz Piano Performance (2003), and a BA in Music and Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001).

     Recent commissions include Fanfare for a New Year, commissioned by conductor Michael Krajewski and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on New Years Eve, 2007; New York Night for big band, commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony's First Music 24 and premiered in the Allen Room of Lincoln Center by Jazz Band Classic May 2008; Sunset at Sea, commissioned by the Florida Youth Orchestra at premiered at Carnegie Hall March 23, 2008; and Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra, commissioned by Chien Tan and premiered by the University of Miami Frost Symphony Orchestra on March 4, 2008 with violin soloist Glenn Basham and conductor Sofia Kraevska.

     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.

RECENT AWARDS AND HONORS

• Recipient of the 2007 ASCAP David Rose Scholarship
• Participant in the 2007 ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles with Richard Bellis
• Winner of the 2006 Downbeat Student Award for Best Extended Length Composition
• Winner, 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards (and 2003, 2002)
• ASCAPlus Award Recipient (Jazz Category, 2007, 2006, 2005)
• 2004 winner, the Heineken Music Initiative/ASCAP Foundation R&B Grant Program (winner in Miami)
• Composer participant, the Henry Mancini Institute, 2004 (Los Angeles, UCLA, summer 2004)

CONTACT ME FOR CURRICULUM VITAE

      VIEW CITATION/ABSTRACT FOR SCOTT'S DOCTORAL ESSAY, AMERICANA SUITE: A COMPOSITION FOR       FULL ORCHESTRA, BIG BAND AND JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLES INSPIRED BY AMERICAN MASTER       PAINTINGS (published by ProQuest Learning Company)