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Good, Scott (b. 1972, Toronto, Ontario). Canadian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed in North America; he is also active as a bass trombonist.
Mr. Good studied composition and performance at the Eastman School of Music and there earned his BMus in both subjects in 1995. He then studied composition at the University of Toronto, where he earned his MMus in 1998 and his DMus.
Among his honors are the Howard Hanson Prize (1995), First Prize in the competition of the Winnipeg New Music Festival (1996), the John Weinzweig Prize (1999), and two Third prizes in the SOCAN competition for young composers (2000–01).
As a bass trombonist, he has played in numerous orchestras, including the Heidelberg Festival Orchestra, the Scotia Festival Symphony Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Composers' Orchestra, Orchestra London, the Esprit Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he was a member of the Morpheus Contemporary Music Ensemble from 1992–95 and of the free-improvisational ensembles GUH from 1997–2000 and Woodchoppers Association in 1999–2000. He co-founded the Trillium Brass Quintet in 1996 and with Keith Denning and Christopher Matey the concert series earshot in 2000. He currently serves as artistic director and conductor of the 16-member trombone ensemble Slide Rule.
He has taught trombone privately since 1991 and he has taught brass chamber music as an assistant at the University of Toronto since 1997.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: scottzando@hotmail.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Rhapsody, 1995; Fanfare, small orchestra (brass, timpani), 1995; Fantaisie Symphonique, 1997; Earthquake, symphonic band, 1998; Concerto for Orchestra, 2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: Music, oboe, string quartet, double bass, 1994; Five Bagatelles, 5 brass, 1994; Postlude, French horn, piano, 1995; Short Ride in a Brass Machine, 5 brass, 1996 (also version for mixed chorus, 5 brass, organ); Soliloquy I, bassoon, piano, 1996; Liquid Metal, 10 trombones, 1997; String Quartet No. 1, 1998; Wind, bass trombone, tape, 1998; Soliloquy II, French horn, 1998–99; Fanfare for S.L.C., French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1999; Sorensen Variations, trombone, string quartet, 2000; Blood which Flowed, 2 flutes, trombone, harp, viola, piano, 2001; Onyx Variations, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2001; Rise, French horn, 2 trombones, 2001; Antiphonal, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, tape, 2001
CHORAL: Short Ride in a Brass Machine, mixed chorus, 5 brass, organ, 1999 (version of chamber work)
VOCAL: Dialogue between the Body and the Soul of the Murdered Girl (text by Herbert Read), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1996; Darkling Light, soprano, trumpet, 2 celli, synthesizer, percussion, brass ensemble, 1997; Look to this Day, soprano, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, cello, 1999; Excerpts from 'The Book of Hours' (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, 5 brass, 2 percussion, 1999
PIANO: Fantasy Étude, 2001
ARRANGEMENTS: Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'Z nového světa – From the New World', Op. 95 (Antonín Dvořák), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Toccata (Claudio Monteverdi), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Four Japanese Poetic Forms (Brian Cram), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tape; Intermezzo in A-dur (Johannes Brahms), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Canzon seconda (Giovanni Gabrieli), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Grunge (Richard Mascall), soprano, French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, percussion, drumkit; Sarabande from Pour le piano (Claude Debussy), French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba; Peer Gynt, Op. 23 (Edvard Grieg), French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba; Divertimento (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
(Last updated on January 13, 2002)
