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Scott Sutherland
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A native of Los Angeles, Scott Sutherland is the tuba player and primary music arranger for the Presidio Brass. He is a member of the Riverside County Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra and the New West, Long Beach and San Diego Symphonies. From 2005-2007, he was also a member of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. As a soloist, he has been featured with the San Diego Symphony, Riverside County and Burbank Philharmonic Orchestras. Scott played on the soundtrack to Pearl Harbor and has appeared with such artists as John Williams, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Jerry Goldsmith, Alf Clausen, Christian McBride and Louis Bellson. Scott is also active as a composer and arranger. His jazz ensemble composition, What Were You Thinkin’? was recorded by the USC Elf Jazz Ensemble, directed by Shelly Berg, and his arrangement for solo trumpet and orchestra of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess has been performed by the Pacific Symphony and the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra in Mexico.
As an educator, Scott was a brass pedagogy teaching assistant while attending UCLA and spent a year as a certificated school band/orchestra director for the Pasadena Unified School District. He is currently on the faculty at Palomar College and the Idyllwild Arts Summer Music Festival. Scott earned his Bachelor of Music degree from USC and a Master of Music degree from UCLA. |
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