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Biography

Conductor Scott Terrell was recently named Music Director of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, where he assumed the post in June 2009. His first season opened this past September with a program featuring world-renowned percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie.

Scott has led performances with many prestigious international organizations including Opera Colorado, Minnesota Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Minnesota Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Milwaukee Symphony, Spoleto Festival, Colorado Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, Richmond Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Sun River Music Festival, Kalamazoo Symphony, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Wheeling Symphony, Greater Boston Youth Symphony, Western New York Chamber Orchestra, Amarillo Symphony and the Musical Offering of San Antonio. Recent debuts include the Rochester Philharmonic, Bloomington Camerata Orchestra and El Paso Opera. In the 2009-2010 season, he debuts with the Portland and Jacksonville Symphonies.

In 2003, Scott made his highly successful European debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, leading a two-week Bernstein festival including orchestral performances as well as vocal recitals where he served as both pianist and host. Leading an extremely talented international cast, he conducted selections from On the Town and West Side Story, as well as concert performances of Candide. Further demonstrating his mastery of operatic repertoire, Scott debuted with Opera Colorado in 2002, leading an acclaimed production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. In 2006, he received international rave reviews when he returned to Opera Colorado to lead Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. He has led numerous programs at the Charleston-based Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals including: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the Charleston Ballet, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. Additionally, he led the Minnesota Opera’s production of Le nozze di Figaro in 2001.

From 2005-2009, Scott served as Resident Conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra where he was artistic director and conductor of the Backstage Pass Series, Pops Series, and Out of the Box concerts. Throughout his tenure, he led hundreds of programs including Masterworks, Backstage Pass, and Pops, as well as many outreach and regional concerts. While Assistant Conductor of Minnesota Orchestra from 1998-2003, Scott conducted hundreds of the Minnesota Orchestra’s performances including Casual Classics, Pops, Family Concerts, Young People’s Concerts, Composer’s Institute, and Sommerfest Concerts. Mr. Terrell made his subscription performance debut in March 2002 when filling in last minute for ailing conductor, Hans Vonk. He also conducted the orchestra’s opera productions of Bernstein’s Candide, and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors.

In the summer of 2000, Scott was chosen as a fellowship conductor for the inaugural season of the American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival under Music Director, David Zinman. At the conclusion of that summer, he was awarded the Aspen Conducting Prize, an honor only given by Mr. Zinman for exemplary musicianship and promise.