MALCOLM SCOTT ROBBINS (b . Nove mbe r 14 , 1964)

Petrie School of Music 789 Glendalyn Avenue Converse College Spartanburg, SC 29302 Spartanburg, SC 29302 864/582-9269 864/596-9021

e-mail: Scott.Robbins@Converse.edu website: http://www.under.org/cpcc/srobbins.htm

Professor of Musicology and Composition, The Carroll McDaniel Petrie School of

Music, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC, 1998-present Doctor of Music in Composition, The Florida State University, 1990-1993 Master of Arts in Composition, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1987-1989 Bachelor of Arts (cum laude), Wake Forest University, 1983-1987 Master classes with Samuel Adler, William Bolcolm, Michael Colgrass, Karel Husa,

Jonathan Kramer, Libby Larsen, Jeffrey Mumford, Joan Tower, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich AWARDS/HONORS

COMPOSITION AWARDS ASCAP Awards, 1994-2012 ClefWorks Composition Competition, First Prize, 2008 Grand Prize: Composers Guild 37th Annual Composition Contest, 2006 South Carolina Music Teachers Association (SCMTA) Commissioned Composer of the

Year, 2005 Loudoun Symphony Orchestra American Composers Competition, 2004 Amadeus Choir Christmas Carol & Chanukah Song Writing Competition (1st Prize), 2003 Red Stick International Composition Contest (HM), 2003 Composers Guild 33rd Annual Composition Contest (1st Prize—Vocal Music), 2002 American Composers Forum/Plymouth Music Series Orchestral Reading Project, 2001 SCMTA Commission Composer of the Year, 2001 New York Treble Singers 2001 Composition Competition (3rd Prize) Greater Boston Choral Consortium Composition Contest (2nd Prize), 2000 Pastiche Composers Award, 2000 Roger Wagner Contemporary Choral Composition Competition (HM), 2000 Composers Guild 30th Annual Composition Contest (2nd Prize—Choral Music), 1999 South Bay Master Chorale Choral Competition (finalist), 1998 Gregg Smith Singers Contemporary Choral Music Reading Session, 1998 Second International Sergei Prokofiev Composers Competition, 1997

Award by Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Composers Union of Russia Composers Guild 28th Annual Composition Contest (2nd Prize—Orchestral Music), 1997 G. Schirmer Young Americans Choral Award (finalist), 1997 Britten-on-the-Bay Composition Competition (1st Prize), 1997 Composers Guild 27th Annual Composition Contest (1st Prize—Choral Music), 1996 Composers Guild 27th Annual Composition Contest (3rd Prize—Instrumental Music), 1996 Composers Guild 27th Annual Composition Contest (HM—Vocal Music), 1996 Dale Warland Singers New Choral Music Program, 1996 Phi Mu Alpha Composition Contest—Iota Pi Chapter (1st Prize), 1996 Award of Excellence: Composers Guild 26th Annual Composition Contest, 1995 Composers Guild 26th Annual Composition Contest (2nd Prize—Instrumental Music), 1995 Composers Guild 26th Annual Composition Contest (3rd Prize—Jazz Music), 1995 NACUSA Young Composers’ Competition (1st Prize), 1995

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Tampa Bay Composers’ Forum Annual Composition Competition (HM), 1995 Norfolk National Composition Prize (Yale Summer School of Music), 1994 Thamyris Composition Contest, 1994 Washington International Competition for Composers (HM), 1994 Phi Mu Alpha Composition Contest (1st Prize), 1994 Wilmer Hayden Welsh Prize in Composition, 1994 Composers Guild 24th Annual Composition Contest (HM—Orchestral Music), 1993 Composers Guild 24th Annual Composition Contest (HM—Instrumental Music), 1993 CINE-Eagle Award of the Committee on International Non-Theatrical Events, Award for

film The Clearing, 1992 Mary Duke Biddle Fellowship in Music Composition (Duke U.), 1998-1999 OTHER AWARDS O'Herron Faculty Excellence Award, 2005

Presented to Converse College faculty members demonstrating outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship, and service

Converse College Curricular Innovation Award, 2005 Awarded to Department of Musicology and Composition (S. Robbins, chair)

Governor's Distinguished Professor Award, 2004 Presented to nominated faculty members by South Carolina Governor and Commission on Higher Education in recognition of their exceptional teaching performance in a public or private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. Scott Robbins was Converse College's nominee for Professor of the Year, and was recognized with a Distinguished Professor award.

Converse College Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, 2003 Converse College All-Star Award, 2002 Honorary Member, Pi Kappa Lambda, Rho Chapter, 2000 Honorary Member, Sigma Alpha Iota (SWOSU Chapter), 1998 Honorary Member, Kappa Kappa Psi (SWOSU Chapter), 1997 Wake Forest Competitions in 20th-Century Music (1st Prize—guitar Performance), 1987 GRANTS American Music Center Margaret Fairbank Jory Composer Assistance Program, 2001 Faculty Summer Research Grant, Converse College, 2001 Faculty Summer Research Grant, Converse College, 2000 Office of Sponsored Programs Scholarly Activity Award (SW Oklahoma State U.), 1997 Arts & Sciences Organized Research Grant (SW Oklahoma State U.), 1996 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Program, 1994-1995 ASCAP Foundation Grants for Young Composers, 1992

RECORDINGS CURRENT:

Trumpet Colors, Three Blues for Cello and Trumpet, Trio Chromos (Crystal Records CD766)

Inbox, Sonata for Flute and Oboe, Ensemble Radieuse (KCM 1001) MMC New Century, vol. XIV, The Heart’s Trapeze, Czech Radio Symphony

Orchestra (MMC 2107) MMC New Century, vol. XIII, Micro-Symphony, Warsaw National Philharmonic

Orchestra (MMC 2075) FORTHCOMING:

ERM Media “Masterworks of the New Era”: Spooky Does the Bunny-Hop (Extended Orchestral Remix) by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

“4-Tay” Recordings: 3 Blues by the American Chamber Ensemble. Master Musicians Collective Recording Project, Fortressed House by the Moyzes

Quartet for MMC Recordings. North Florida Composers Consortium, The Imprisoned Soul, by the FSU New Music

Ensemble, for Col Legno-Aurophon Recordings

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COMMISSIONS Creative Energies (electronic composition): for Ballet Spartanburg and City of Spartanburg

Creative Energy project, 2007 Psychedelic Epigrams: for South Carolina Music Teachers National Association, 2005 Alma Maria: for Converse College Student Government Association, 2002 Just Like Job: for South Carolina Music Teachers National Association, 2001 Conjure Something Glowing: for Spartanburg Renaissance Project, 2001 God, Our Help in Ages Past / Isaiah 46:9-10: for First Presbyterian Church Choir,

Spartanburg, SC, 2000 Lovesick Birds from Appalachia: for Ensemble Radieuse, 2000 Silent Night! Holy Night!: for Converse Chorale, 1999 Sonata for Flute and Oboe: for Ensemble Radieuse, 1999 Demon and Violets: for Converse Chamber Singers, 1999 Two Movements for Marimba: for David Bessinger, 1998 Maiden Voyage: for David and Marti Bessinger, 1997 Sliver Moon: for the Dale Warland Singers, 1996 Pervertimento: for Penelope Fischer and the National Flute Association, 1995 The Heart’s Trapeze: for Master Musicians Collective, 1994 Micro-Symphony: for Master Musicians Collective, 1992 The Year of the Rat (film soundtrack): for the FSU Film Conservatory, 1992 The Clearing, (film soundtrack): for the FSU Film Conservatory, 1991

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Scott Robbins is Professor of Composition and Musicology at the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in South Carolina. A native of Boone, North Carolina, he began his musical training as a drummer and guitarist in rock bands. Dr. Robbins’ compositions are widely performed and professionally recognized, having received over 50 awards, including the Second International Sergei Prokofiev Composition Competition, Yale University’s Norfolk National Composition Prize, NACUSA Young Composers Award, ASCAP Foundation Grant to Young Composers, American Music Center Composer Assistance Award, Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, and multiple awards from ASCAP and commissions from the SC Music Teachers Association. Among those who have performed and/or commissioned and/or commercially recorded Scott’s works are the Czech Radio Symphony, Warsaw National Philharmonic, Moyzes Quartet, Ensemble Radieuse, the Gregg Smith Singers, and the Dale Warland Singers. The Clearing, a film for which Scott composed the soundtrack, received the CINE-Eagle award and has been broadcast on Bravo and HBO. Recordings include "Micro-Symphony" by the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is featured on the MMC release New Century, vol. XIII, and "The Heart's Trapeze" by the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, which appears on the release MMC New Century, vol. XIV. In 2007, Trio Chromos featured his 3 Blues for Cello and Trumpet on their CD Trumpet Colors. Recently, the Prague Radio Symphony recorded his Spooky Does the Bunny-Hop for release by ERM Media. His “String Quartet #1 (Fortressed House)" by the Moyzes Quartet, is scheduled for release by MMC Recordings, as well as an upcoming recording of "3 Blues" by the American Chamber Ensemble for "4-Tay" Recordings.