he Living Composers Project

Good, Scott (b. 1972, Toronto). Canadian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been successfully performed in North America; he is also active as a bass trombonist.

Mr. Good is the artistic director and conductor of Slide Rule, a 16-member trombone ensemble. He is also a former member of the Morpheus Contemporary Music Ensemble (1992-95), a founding member of the Trillium Brass Quintet (1996) and a co-founder of the earshot music series (2000; the other co-founders are Keith Denning and Christopher Matey). He has also performed with the free improvisational ensembles GUH (1997-2000) and Woodchoppers Association (1999-2000).

He has served as a trombonist in many orchestras, including the Heidelberg Festival Orchestra, the Scotia Festival Symphony Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Composers Orchestra, Orchestra London, the Esprit Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Since 1991, he has taught trombone privately, and since 1997 (as an assistant), he has taught Brass Chamber Music at the University of Toronto. He is currently working on a work for baroque ensemble and a work for the University of Toronto's new music ensemble.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: barley@interlog.com

Street address: Mr. Scott Good, 212 Beatrice St., Toronto, Ontario M6G 3G1, Canada

Telephone: 416 533 9142

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: Rhapsody, 1995; Fanfare, small orchestra (brass, timpani), 1995; Fantaisie Symphonique, 1997; Earthquake, symphonic band, 1998; Concerto for Orchestra, 2000

CHAMBER MUSIC: Music, oboe, string quartet, double bass, 1994; Five Bagatelles, 5 brass, 1994; Postlude, French horn, piano, 1995; Short Ride in a Brass Machine, 5 brass, 1996 (also arranged for mixed chorus, 5 brass, organ, 1999); Soliloquy I, bassoon, piano, 1996; Liquid Metal, 10 trombones, 1997; String Quartet No. 1, 1998; Soliloquy II, French horn, 1998-99; Fanfare for S.L.C., French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1999; Sorensen Variations, trombone, string quartet, 2000; Blood which Flowed, 2 flutes, trombone, harp, viola, piano, 2001; Onyx Variations, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2001; Rise, French horn, 2 trombones, 2001

CHORAL: Short Ride in a Brass Machine, mixed chorus, 5 brass, organ, 1999 (arrangement of work for 5 brass)

VOCAL: Dialogue between the Body and the Soul of the Murdered Girl (text by Herbert Read), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1996; Darkling Light, soprano, trumpet, brass ensemble, 2 celli, synthesizer, percussion, 1997; Look to this Day, soprano, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, cello, 1999; Excerpts from 'The Book of Hours' (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, 5 brass, 2 percussion, 1999

PIANO: Fantasy Étude, 2001

ELECTROACOUSTIC: Wind, bass trombone, tape, 1998; Antiphonal, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, tape, 2001

ARRANGEMENTS: Largo from Symphony No. 9, From the New World (Antonín Dvorák), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Toccata (Claudio Monteverdi), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Four Japanese Poetic Forms (Brian Cram), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tape; Intermezzo in A (Johannes Brahms), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Canzon seconda (Giovanni Gabrieli), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; Grunge (Richard Mascall), soprano, French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, percussion, drumkit; Sarabande (Claude Debussy), French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba; Peer Gynt (Edvard Grieg), French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba; Divertimento (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), French horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones

(Last updated on January 13, 2002)