Alexander
Scott

Alexander Scott
(He/Him) Alexander Scott is a conductor and music educator based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has extensive experience as a teacher and community music organizer in both wind and orchestral conducting settings. His research interests include the intersection of aural skills, muscianship, and teacher preparation programs as well as the wind works of Walther Lampe.
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Symphony Band Chamber Winds
Graduate Conductor
University of Michigan - School of Music
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Alexander Scott

ALEXANDER SCOTT is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting, Band & Wind Ensemble at the University of Michigan, where he currently serves as a graduate student instructor. 

An experienced educator, Scott taught for nine years at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Maryland public schools. For seven years, he was the Music Department Chair and Director of Instrumental Music at Meade Senior High School in Fort Meade, Maryland, where he was responsible for conducting the Concert Band, String Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Steelband, and Pit Orchestra, as well as instructing International Baccalaureate (IB) Music, Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory, and Guitar courses. Additionally, he served as the school’s advisor for the Tri-M Music Honors Society.

While teaching at Meade Senior High School, Scott’s bands and orchestras consistently earned excellent and superior ratings at county and state adjudication festivals and his marching band earned 2nd place at the 2018 USBands Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. His concert band was a member of a commission consortium for Anthony O’Toole’s “Latin Dance Movements.” Scott was a semifinalist for Music and Arts’ national Music Educator of the Year award (2016) and the Maryland winner for School Band and Orchestra Magazine’s 50 Directors Who Make a Difference Award (2018). His departmental leadership was twice recognized by the NAMM foundation with a Best Communities in Music Education designation (2018, 2019).

​Scott earned his M.M. in Music Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, his M.M. in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Maryland, and his B.A. in Music Education from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). While at UMBC, Scott served as the inaugural undergraduate conducting fellow with the Wind Ensemble. Scott is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Maryland Music Educators Association, and the Flute Society of Washington.

Scott’s primary conducting teachers include Michael Haithcock and Michael Votta.

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Graduate Student Instructor

2022 - Present
Fall 2022- GSI with Michigan Marching Band; Winter 2022- GSI with Symphony Band, non-major Chamber Winds, and Director of Maize Band
College Park, Maryland

Graduate Assistant

2021 - 2022
Instrumental Conducting graduate assistant. Worked with athletic bands and conducting music major and non-major concert ensembles.

Graduate Assistant

2019 - 2020
Instrumental conducting graduate assistant. Responsibilities included conducting music major and non-major ensembles. Additionally, administrative ensembles such as music library organization and communication with Clarice production staff for rehearsals and performances.
Annapolis, MD, USA

Music Teacher

2011 - 2019
2011-2012 Itinerant Elementary Music Teacher 2012-2019 Music Teacher at Meade High School (2015-2019 Department Chair). Taught courses including Band, Orchestra, IB Music, AP Music Theory, Guitar, and Percussion. Additionally directed the extracurricular Steelband, Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, and Marching Band. Served as Tri-M advisor.

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Wind Conductor

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