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1. Solo Concert: Scott Deal
Scott Deal (Percussionist)
Tuesday, May 24 / 8:30 PM / Free
Old Little Theater
Scott Deal’s Solo Concert will include
For Marimba and Tape, by Martin Wesley Smith,
Dorothy Hindman’s Beyond the Cloud of Unknowing,
John Luther Adams’s Burst, Roar, and Qilyaun,
and his own composition, Solar Wind.
2. Composers Forum: From Creation to Concert Hall
Scott Deal (Percussionist)
Thursday, May 26 / 4:00 PM / Free
Music 1213
In his Composers Forum presentation, Scott
Deal discusses writing for percussion, working with
multi-media, and developing a collaborative relationship
with composers, based on his long-time close working
relationship with John Luther Adams.
3. Lecture Demonstration: Dancing to Live Instrumentalists
Scott Deal (Percussionist)
Friday, May 27 / 12:00 PM / Free
HSSB Modern Dance Studio
During his Lecture Demonstration, Scott Deal will perform
an informal concert for students in the Dance Division
and others, allowing time for questions and answers.
4. PERFORMANCE: Ensemble for Contemporary Music
Scott Deal (Percussionist)
Tuesday, May 31 / 8:00 PM / Ticket,
www.music.ucsb.edu
Lotte Lehmann Hall
Scott Deal will perform music by fellow Alaskan John
Luther Adams and UCSB composer David Shere. For ticket
information, please call 893-7001 or visit the department
of Music website at www.music.ucsb.edu.
Percussionist Scott Deal is an active performer of new
works. Noted as “a standout inspiration”
by the Miami Herald, he has performed as a soloist at
the Subtropics New Music Festival, May in Miami, Society
of Electro-Acoustic Musicians International Con-ference,
and the Northwest Percussion Festival. Composers whose
works he has premiered include John Luther Adams, Dorothy
Hindman, Carlos Surinach, Emma Lou Diemer, Charles Norman
Mason, David Heuser, Robin Cox, Henry Wolking and John
Van der Slice.
He holds a DMA Degree from the University of Miami,
MM degree from the University of Cincinnati, and a BA
degree from Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma. In
1995 he moved to Alaska and launched the percussion
program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has
served as Principal Percussionist of the Fairbanks Symphony,
Timpanist of the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and is currently
on the artist faculty for the Fairbanks Summer Arts
Festival.
This program is sponsored by the Visiting Artist Program
of the IHC at UCSB and Music.
