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Godin, Scott Edward (b. July 27, 1970, Brooks, Alberta). Canadian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe and North America.
Mr. Godin began private piano studies at the age of five and later studied with Helmut Brauss, with whom he earned his BMus in piano performance in 1993 (he also studied composition with Malcolm Forsyth and Garth Hobden). He then studied piano with Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna in 1993-94 and while there attended classes with Peter Burwik, Friedrich Cerha and Erich Urbanner. He studied composition with Howard Bashaw and Malcolm Forsyth and music theory with Henry Klumpenhower at the University of Alberta in Edmonton from 1994-96 and there received his MMus. He finished his composition studies with John Rea at McGill University in Montréal from 1996-2002, where he earned his DMus, on the J.W. McConnel McGill Major Fellowship. He also attended the International Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn in 1998.
His honors include two Serge Garant Awards for chamber music in the SOCAN young composers competition (1996, 1998), a prize from German Radio in the NRW Symposium in Wesel (1997) and the Julius Schloss Memorial Award in music (1998). His more recent awards include two prizes in the SOCAN young composers competition (Third Prize, 1998; Second Prize, 2000) and Third Prize in the CBC young composers competition (1999) and a finalist in the Gaudeamus competition (1999).
Mr. Godin is also active in other positions. He now serves as co-director of ensemble kore in Montréal. As a pianist, he has performed at the in Canada and Poland, notably annually at the Edmonton New Music Festival since 1994.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: skagod23@hotmail.com
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: cowboy, marimba, string orchestra, 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: Emmances, vibraphone, 2 marimbas, 1992; macroHype, alto saxophone, string quartet, tape, 1995; flavour!, piano, ensemble (piccolo [+ flute], oboe, clarinet [+ bass clarinet], bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, double bass, percussion), 1998; sweat, violin, cello, 1998; dissect, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1998; d-day, baby..., 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1998; greyhound, bass clarinet, ensemble (piccolo, flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, French horn, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, drumkit), 1998; grip, bass clarinet, 1999; greyhound, baritone saxophone, ensemble (alto saxophone, 2 tenor saxophones, 3 trumpets, flügelhorn, 3 trombones, bass trombone, 2 electric guitars, drumkit), 1999; dang, flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, piano (+ celesta), percussion, 2001; orange, flute, 2 clarinets, 3 saxophones, French horn, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass guitar, piano, 2001; timeless, drumkit, 2001; slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2001; solitude, string quartet, 2001; Miniatures, saxophone, piano, 2003
VOCAL: Canto IV, amplified soprano, 2 clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1997
PIANO: klangregiert, 1997
ORGAN: longing..., 1994
MULTIMEDIA: melting architecture, piano, electronic sign (by Jenny Holzer), 2000
DISCOGRAPHY
Emmances. Greg Ferguson, vibraphone; Trevor Brandenburg, Darren Salyn, marimbas (CS: 93001, 1993)
longing... Corey Hamm, organ (Clef: CR96001, 1996)
greyhound. Carl Maraghi, baritone saxophone; Kappa Ensemble (Kappa: KAP 02, 2000)
(Last updated on September 27, 2004)
