Scott Edward Godin
Scott Edward Godin
St. John's, NL, CA
Classical / Contemporary / Delicious yet Nutritious
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Biography
Scott Edward Godin (born 1970) began his musical training on piano, completing a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1993 with Helmut Brauss. By winning the Johann Strauss competition in 1993, Scott was able to study in Vienna, Austria with internationally renowned pianist Paul Badura-Skoda in 1993 and 1994. Completing a Doctoral Degree in Musical Composition in June 2003 with John Rea at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Scott's music has been performed throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Various international festivals and workshops have allowed Scott to work alongside such composers as Louis Andriessen, Nicholas Huber, Steve Martland, Martijn Padding, Denys Bouliane, and Michael Smetanin. Recent accolades include finalist for the 1999 Gaudeamus Competition in Amsterdam, Holland, finalist in the 1999 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Young Composers' Competition, five prizes in SOCAN Young Composers Competitions (Canada), including Serge Garant Awards for chamber music in 1996 and 1998, prizewinner for German Radio in the 1997 NRW Symposium (Wesel, Germany), and two compact disc releases, "bien serre" and the Edmonton Composers' Concert Society's "Soundland Alberta", the latter which reached number one in Atlanta's WREK FM heavy rotation list on June 22, 1997. Scott has worked with various ensembles and soloists, including ensemble KORE (Montréal, Québec), la Société de la Musique Contemporaine du Québec (Montréal, Québec), ensemble de ereprijs (Apeldoorn, Holland), the Little Chamber Music Series...(Vancouver, British Columbia), Orkest De Volharding (Amsterdam, Holland), Trio Fibonacci (Montreal), Continuum (Toronto), Arraymusic (Toronto), and the Bozzini String Quartet (Montréal). Recent projects have included music for film (Sharkboy, 2004) and contemporary dance (Stereo, 2005).
Scott Edward Godin (né en 1970) a commencé sa formation musicale au piano, et terminé une licence en musique en 1993 auprès du pianiste Helmut Brauss. Lauréat du Concours Johann-Strauss en 1993, Scott étudie à Vienne, Autriche avec le pianist internationalement renommé Paul Badura-Skoda au cours de la saison 1993-1994. Son doctorat en composition terminé en Juin 2003 (avec John Rea et Denys Bouliane) à l'université McGill à Montréal, Québec, la musique de Scott a été executée dans l'ensemble de l'Europe, du Canada, du Mexique, et des Etats-Unis.
Selected Composition Repertoire
2007
music from the great white for concert band; 11'30”
guan for violoncello, electric guitar, keyboards, and percussion; 16'00”
enso for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano; 14'00”
2006
Joni Mitchell Never Lies for soprano and rock band (el guit, b guit, kit, perc, keybd); 38'00”
o sweet spontaneous for orchestra (2[picc]22[b cl]2/4331/timp+2/str); 16'30”
a foregone conclusion... for clarinet, violoncello, and piano; 10'00”
2005
abhaya mudra for saxophone quartet; 15'30”
the noise of carpet for alto saxophone and piano; 8'30”
stereo for clarinet, percussion, violin, and violoncello; 12'00"
2004
home for string orchestra; 8'00”
soccer for ensemble (cl/b cl, trp, 2 perc, pno, vln, db); 12'30”
bifana mundi – a musical representation of life in plateau mont-royal
for counter-tenor and ensemble (ob, hpsd/p org, vln, vla, vlc, db);18'00”
2002
the number series (ongoing) for varied instrumentations and durations
weight for orchestra (2222/4231/pno/timp+2/str[16,14,10,10,8]); 20'00”
2001
solitude for string quartet; 15'15”
slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison
for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano;18'30”
timeless for drumkit solo;13'30”
orange for ensemble (fl, 2 cl, a sx, t sx, b sx, hn, trp, 3 trb, b guit, pno); 12'30”
dang for ensemble (fl, cl, trb, vln, pno/cel, perc); 11'00”
2000
cowboy for marimba and string orchestra; 12'00”
melting architecture for piano and electronic signs (“truisms” by jenny holzer); 29'15”
1999
greyhound for baritone saxophone and ensemble (a sx, 2 t sx, 3 trp, flg, 3 trb, b trb, 2 el guit, drmkit); 15'15”
1998
d-day, baby... for 2 pianos and 2 percussion; 10'30”
dissect for wind quintet; 6'45”
sweat for violin and violoncello; 25'00”
flavour! for piano and ensemble (picc/fl, ob, cl/b cl, bsn, hn, trp, trb, db); 10'15”
1997
canto IV for amplified soprano and ensemble (2 cl, 2 a sx, 2 trp, 4 trb); 12'30”
1995
macrohype for alto saxophone, string quartet, and tape; 9'00”
1994
“longing...” for organ solo; 5'45”
Discography
2007 the noise of carpet; westwind (Electra: eccd-2076, 2007)
2000 greyhound; bien serre (Kappa: kap 02, 2000)
1996 “longing...”; Soundland Alberta (Clef: cr 96001-2, 1996)
