Allan R. Scott

Conductor

Simply put, he is not to be missed!
-Chestnut Hill Local
...splendidly realizes the awesome spiritual power of a score.
-Main Line Times
...charismatic energy on and off the podium.
-Independent Record

ABOUT ALLAN R. SCOTT

"Maestro Scott is as intoxicating as you could wish and has that all-too-rare feeling of risk-taking spontaneity.”
-New Zealand National Radio

Currently in his twentieth season as Music Director of the Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Maestro Allan R. Scott is one of the most dynamic figures in symphonic music and opera. He is widely recognized for his outstanding musicianship, versatility, and ability to elicit top-notch performances from musicians. SYMPHONY Magazine praised Maestro Scott for his “large orchestra view,” noting that “under Scott’s leadership the quality of the orchestra’s playing has skyrocketed.”

Maestro Scott has also become closely associated with the works of Gustav Mahler. He has conducted all of Mahler’s symphonies nationally and internationally with companies such as The National Orchestra of Romania and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra of New Zealand. New Zealand National Radio noted “A concert with Maestro Scott is as intoxicating as you could wish..., and has an all-too-rare feeling of risk-taking spontaneity.”

In addition to making his debut with Marble City Opera this Season, Maestro Scott has appeared with such companies as The Tanglewood Music Center, Royal Opera of Netherlands, Portland Opera, Fairfax Opera Company, Kent Opera, The Bucharest National Opera, The National Radio Orchestra of Romania in Bucharest, New Zealand’s Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Firelands Symphony in Cleveland, Pottstown Symphony (PA), Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, New Artists Philharmonic (CO), and Fairfax Symphony.

Dividing his time between residences in Helena, Montana and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia native also begins his twenty-second season as Music Director of Pennsylvania’s Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony in addition to serving as the Principal Conductor of the Wilmington Ballet Company in Delaware for over decade.

allan r scott conductor

Having studied piano since the age of five and his conducting studies at the age of fifteen, Maestro Scott developed his artistry under the guidance of some of the most prolific conductors of our time including Seiji Ozawa, and Charles Dutoit. He further refined his craft with Luis Biava, Zdenék Macal, Sir David Willcocks, and Jorge Mester at renowned institutions, among them the Tanglewood Music Center, California Conducting Institute, The Keene Music Festival, Ogontz Music Festival, and the Conducting Institute of South Carolina.

Artist courtesy of Athlone Artists.

Schedule

2023-2024
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17 June 2023
Site of Historic Broadwater Hotel
Helena, Montana

Benefit Concert Masquerade!

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
15 July 2023
Carroll College
Helena, Montana

Symphony Under the Stars: The Great Ladies of Jazz

Helena Symphony Orchestra
9 August 2023
Sinfonietta Vidin
Vidin, Bulgaria

International Musicians Academy

16 September 2023
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Opening Night ~ Violinist Tim Fain’s Edge of a Dream

Helena Symphony Orchestra
30 September 2023
Calvary Baptist Church
Lansdale, PA

Brahms 3 & Tchaikovsky’s Piano with Claire Huangci

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
21 October 2023
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Puccini & Schumann

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
4 November 2023
Calvary Baptist Church
Lansdale, PA

ELGAR’s Enigma

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
11 November 2023
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Helena, Montana

Mozart by Candlelight

Helena Symphony Orchestra
4 December 2023
Cathedral of St. Helena
Helena, Montana

Christmas in the Cathedral

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
15-17 December 2023
Playhouse on Rodney Square
Wilmington, Delaware

The Nutcracker

Wilmington Ballet Orchestra
Wilmington Ballet Company
27 January 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Beethoven’s Triple & Mahler’s Fifth

Helena Symphony Orchestra
3 February 2024
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Helena, Montana

SYMPHONY KIDS: A Season for Charlotte the Spider

Helena Symphony Orchestra
17 February 2024
Calvary Baptist Church
Lansdale, PA

Mozart by Candlelight

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
24 February 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Brahms, Dvořák, and the Return of Cellist Amit Peled

Helena Symphony Orchestra
23 March 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

The Bells of Ecstasy

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
4 May 2024
Helena Civic Centery
Helena, Montana

Swan Lake & Cavalleria Rusticana

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
11 May 2024
Calvary Baptist Church
Lansdale, PA

Tenor Eric Fennell in Concert

Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchestra
22 June 2
Site of Historic Broadwater Hotel
Helena, Montana

Benefit Concert

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale

Media

Excerpts Compilation

BIZET — Symphony in C
JOHN WILLIAMS - Hymn to the Fallen
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 9
MAHLER - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Symphony No. 5
MOZART - Symphony No. 29

ELGAR

Cello Concerto

SCHUMANN

Overture, Scherzo, & Finale

TCHAIKOVSKY

Romeo & Juliet Overture - Fantasy (rehearsal clip)

Press