Music Resume
for
Music Services
Instruments:
Trombone, Bass Trombone, Flute, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Soprano Sax, EWI
(Electronic Wind Instrument).
Musical Styles:
Jazz, Big Band, Classical, Popular, Electronica, Experimental, Symphony
Orchestra, Pit Orchestra.
Additional Abilities:
Arranger (Big Band, Brass Quintet), Music Copyist (MOTU Mosaic), Sound
Engineer, Recording Engineer, Theater Sound Design, Computer Expert
(Macintosh Platform), Apple Authorized Service Provider. Fully Certified.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Music, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1981.
Emphasis in Trombone performance, Big Band performance, and Brass
Ensemble performance. Studied Trombone with Anne Witherell. Studied
Composition with Gordon Mumma and Music Theory with David Cope.
Current Projects:
1999-Present Musician's Warehouse Big Band. Trombonist.
Frequently rehearse and perform with legendary Jazz Drummer Louie
Bellson.
1983-Present Santa Cruz Brass Quintet. Leader, Arranger, Trombonist.
1990-Present Esquire Big Band. Trombonist
1996-Present Robin Anderson Big Band. Trombonist
Affiliations:
American Federation of Musicians Local 153 (since 1983)
Communications Workers of America Local 9119
BMI
Jazz Society of Santa Cruz
Recording Musicians Association
Past Projects:
1981-2000 The Scott Harris Big Band. Leader, arranger, soloist.
1984-1992 Jupiter II (experimental New Age Music Ensemble).
Recordings:
2003 Estradasphere "Quadropus" Mimicry Records
2002 Ideal Social Situation "Forget About the Girl" Mimicry
Records
2001 "String of Pearls: Live in China" DVD
2000 Root Awakening/Casper Lomayesva "Sounds of Reality" Third
Mesa
Music.
1999 Pets Gone Wild "Untamed Suburbs"
1998 The Tweezerhead Rebellion "Hot/Sexy/Dead"
1989 Jupiter II "Pacific Skies" Amnesia Music.
1984 Jeannine Carol "Love Dance" USA Records.
Career Milestones:
2001 Three week concert tour of China with eight-piece swing band.
Eight concerts including
performance on national TV and DVD.
2001 Published article in Filmscore Monthly Magazine: "Don
Ellis: Life
in 13/8"
2001 Four Brass Quintet Arrangements published by Solid Brass
Music Company.
1999 Performed on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia during the
St.Lucia
Jazz Festival.
1992 Performed in The Hague, Netherlands, during the North Sea
Jazz
Festival.
1992 Santa Cruz Brass featured with Santa Cruz County Symphony.
1990 Scott Harris Big Band featured at the Fats Waller Memorial
Jazz
Festival.
1990 Piece commissioned by City of Santa Cruz to commemorate
recovery 1989 earthquake.
1990 Concert tour of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary.
Bulgarian
State Radio said "Scott Harris is one of the most prominent names
in American Jazz." (This may have actually been true...
that day...in Bulgaria)
1989 Scott Harris Big Band featured at the SF Exotic Erotic New
Year's
Eve Ball.
1988 Random performances across Eastern Canada.
1986 Concert tour of NYC, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Romania.
1985 Guest soloist with Tucson Brass Quintet.
1984 Produced the First (and Last) Annual Festival of Boring
Music.
1979 Gig at Alpine Meadows ski resort.
1978 Concert tour of USSR and Poland
1977 Gig at Disneyland.
1975 Concert tour of Romania
Shows:
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum
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Bye Bye Birdie
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Fiddler On The Roof
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The Merry Widow
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Pirates Of Penzance
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Cabaret
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HMS Pinafore
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The Mikado
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Guys And Dolls
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South Pacific
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The Music Man
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Hello Dolly
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The Sound Of Music
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Il Trovatore
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My fair Lady
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Brigadoon
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Madame Butterfly
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Threepenny Opera
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George M
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West Side Story
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Anything Goes
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The Fantasticks
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Jesus Christ Superstar