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 sixteenth 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 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia native also begins his seventeenth 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 the past decade.

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
2022-2023
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Montana Ting
Helena, Montana
A Night in Hollywood at Montana Ting
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Carroll College
Helena, Montana
Symphony Under the Stars: The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Opening Night ~ Violinist Stephen Cepeda & Ravel’s Bolero
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Dock Academy
Souderton, Pennsylvania
Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Mozart’s Requiem
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Dock Academy
Souderton, Pennsylvania
Violinist Stephen Cepeda Plays Scottish Fantasy
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Helena, Montana
Mozart by Candlelight
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Cathedral of St. Helena
Helena, Montana
Christmas in the Cathedral
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Playhouse on Rodney Square
Wilmington, Delaware
The Nutcracker
Wilmington Ballet Orchestra
Wilmington Ballet Company
Dock Academy
Souderton, Pennsylvania
Carmen & Symphonie Fantastique
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Liszt & Also Sprach Zarathustra
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
TCHAIKOVSKY’s Violin Concerto & Fourth Symphony
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Pianist Claire Huangci Returns with Rachmaninoff
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Dock Academy
Souderton, Pennsylvania
Rachmaninoff & The Return of Pianist Claire Huangci
Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchestra & Chorale
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Gershwin’s Magic Key
Helena Symphony Orchestra
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana
Sweeney Todd
Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Montana Ting
Helena, Montana