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

2024-2025
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20 July 2024
Carroll College
Helena, Montana

Symphony Under the Stars – The Music of Tina Turner

Helena Symphony Orchestra
14 September 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Opening Night ~ Gershwin & 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue

Helena Symphony Orchestra
28 September 2024
Calvary Performance Center
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue at 100!

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
26 October 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Violinist Stephen Cepeda Plays Shostakovich

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
9-10 November 2024
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Hansel & Gretel

Helena Symphony Orchestra
16 November 2024
Calvary Baptist Church
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Mozart by Candlelight

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
9-10 December 2024
Cathedral of Saint Helena
Helena, Montana

Christmas in the Cathedral

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
25-26 January 2025
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Helena, Montana

Mozart by Candlelight

Helena Symphony Orchestra
8 February 2025
Calvary Performance Center
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

All Seeing Sky

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
22 February 2025
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Pianist Roman Rabinovich, Prokofiev, & Dvořák

Helena Symphony Orchestra
22 March 2025
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Behold the Sea

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
16 April 2025
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Annual Youth Concert

Helena Symphony Orchestra
3 May 2025
Helena Civic Center
Helena, Montana

Beethoven’s Emperor & Pictures at an Exhibition

Helena Symphony Orchestra
10 May 2025
Calvary Performance Center
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

The Firebird & Harry Potter

Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra
21 June 2025
Broadwater Park
Helena, Montana

Masquerade!

Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
19 July 2025
Carroll College
Helena, Montana

Symphony Under the Stars

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