Honorary Member of the New York City Chapter JOHN SCOTT International Performer of the Year 1998 |
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John Scott |
Since the late 1980's Mr. Scott has performed two recital tours each year in North America and has received numerous invitations to perform organ dedication recitals in the U.S. He has performed in the U.S. with the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral and the Choir of Southwark Cathedral as Organist and toured here twice with the St. Paul's Choir as its Director.
John Scott enjoyed a long association with St. Paul's Cathedral in London, first serving there as Assistant Director of Music and Sub-Organist for five years under Christopher Dearnley; in 1990 he was appointed Organist and Director of Music. Among the highlights of his work there was serving as soloist in the organ voluntaries and accompanist to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1981. In addition to his duties at St. Paul's, John Scott served as Professor of Organ at the Royal Academy of Music and as Accompanist of the Bach Choir under Sir David Willcocks.
Mr. Scott was appointed Organist and Music Director of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, beginning in September 2004. He succeeded Gerre Hancock.
As a concert organist, he is particularly known for his performances of large-scale romantic and 20th century repertoire and has premiered many works written for him by Petr Eben, Kenneth Leighton, and William Mathias, among others. In addition, he performs the earlier organ repertoire and has appeared as soloist with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Tallis Scholars and the King's Consort. In 1977 he became the youngest organ soloist to appear at the Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall and performed his second Prom recital in August 1996. He has performed with the Royal Philharmonic under Sir Charles Groves and the London Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas. His career as a solo recitalist has taken him to the U.S., nearly every European country, Canada, Australia, the Far East, and South America. In November 1989 he inaugurated the new Rieger organ in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and in 1990 was invited to concertize in Washington National Cathedral to celebrate its completion.
He has many award-winning recordings to his name on the Guild, Hyperion, Nimbus and Priory labels, including the organ music of Elgar, Mathias, Dupré, and the complete organ works of Duruflé and Mendelssohn. One of his most recent recordings was a compact disc of 20th century music on the Priory label recorded on the Mander organ at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City. John Scott also records frequently for the BBC Radio 3.
John Scott's recital for the International Performer of the Year Award was at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity.
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