composer

Scott Lindroth (b. 1958) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He studied composition with Joseph Schwantner and Samuel Adler at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and later with Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands, and Martin Bresnick at the Yale School of Music in New Haven, Connecticut.

Scott Lindroth (b. 1958) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He studied composition with Joseph Schwantner and Samuel Adler at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and later with Jacob Druckman, Bernard Rands, and Martin Bresnick at the Yale School of Music in New Haven, Connecticut.

Lindroth's music has been performed by many orchestras and ensembles in the United States and Europe, including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic, as well as the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Ensemble, the California E.A.R. Unit, and other chamber groups. Lindroth has received awards and fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.

A recording of four chamber works by Lindroth was released on the CRI "Emergency Music" series in May 1999; other recordings may be found on the CRI and Centaur labels. Lindroth is currently at work on a composition commissioned by the University of Michigan Wind Ensemble. Since 1990, Lindroth has lived in Durham, North Carolina, where he serves on the faculty of Duke University.

Performances

Moonshine Room at Club Café | February 2, 2010