THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW
“This CD began as a call for scores. I posted on the Washington Composers Forum that I was looking for new pieces to perform or possibly record: seventy composers responded with scores. Submissions were anonymous and I was surprised at the high quality of the music I received.
This is how I learned of the music of Brian Fennelly—hard, but so worth the effort—and David Philip Norris—also hard and also worth the effort. A few composers were friends—Marti Epstein, David Johnson and Michael Weinstein—and Al Vizzutti was briefly a teacher of mine who has had an outsized influence. (I was working on the Halsey Stevens Sonata for a graduate recital when I came to a lesson wondering where to breath in a phrase. Al looked at it, almost wondering what could be the problem and then simply played the entire phrase in one breath.)
Thanks to Herbert Tiemeyer, Phillip Collins, James Darling, Mary Squire, Tim Morrison, Al Vizzutti and Stephen Jones who taught me through lessons or by example. You are directly responsible for what I have achieved.
Thanks to Cristina Valdez for her amazing performance.
Thanks to Ron Haight for putting up with me through the editing process. My procrastination made the work much more difficult and for that I apologize.
Thanks to Tom Baker for taking Ron’s work and making it sound even better through the mastering process.
Dedicated to Susan Thornberg who has heard my routine for more than twenty years and has not yet left me.
Recorded at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, spring 2011; release in 2023.”
JUDSON SCOTT holds degrees from Baldwin-Wallace College (BM '82, cum laude), New England Conservatory (MM '85) and the University of Washington (DMA '03). Formerly a member of L’Orchesta Filharmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, he currently holds positions in the Northwest Sinfonietta, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. He is trumpet instructor at the University of Puget Sound and artistic director of Brass Band Northwest Of his performance with the Northwest Sinfonietta, Jen Graves of the News Tribune wrote simply, "Judson Scott, trumpet, performed brilliantly throughout." He has performed with numerous ensembles including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Opera Company, the Pacific Northwest Ballet the 5th Avenue Theater, the Opera Company of Boston, and the symphony orchestras of Spokane, Springfield (MA), New Hampshire, Portland (ME), Rhode Island and Virginia. At home in a wide variety of styles Dr. Scott’s experience ranges from playing lead in West Side Story to performing Bach’s Magnificat on a valveless natural trumpet. He has backed artists as diverse as Lynn Harrell, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Richard Stolzman, Ray Charles, Doc Severenson and the rock groups Cheap Trick and the Moody Blues. A keen advocate of contemporary music Dr. Scott has partipated in numerous local and world premiers including works by composers such as John Harbison, Michael Colgrass, Stuart Dempster, John Huggler, Michael Weinstein, Eric Chasalow, John McDonald, Marti Epstein and Allen Anderson among others. As a founding member of the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival in northern Vermont his performances have met with critical acclaim; Carol Winfield of the Newport Daily Express wrote, " Judson Scott performed miracles on the trumpet." Outside of the concert hall Dr. Scott is busy as well. He has served as an adjudicator for regional and state solo and ensemble competitions throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has composed and arranged numerous works for brass, including Building a Daily Routine, a collection of studies for developing trumpeters. His recent research on the music of John Harbison, Michael Daugherty and Michael Weinstein appears in volumes one and three of A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band, edited by Timothy Salzman. His brass arrangements are published through Triton Music Services.