Contact: Scott Eric Smith

These pages are moving to http://www.piersgaveston.com/ Although Scott Eric Smith first scribbled a melody on a piece of paper at the age of 16, he did not seriously begin to pursue composing until 1982. Scott feels a particular love for the human voice and has focused on vocal music and opera since his first song, hypnogogia, was performed in 1991 by soprano Roxane LaCombe. He studied composition with Henry Campbell (1982-1987) at Montana State University and with Dr. Carolyn R. Bremer (1991-1993) at the University of Oklahoma. Scott was born in Oneonta, New York on 1 July, 1962. Since his father was in the army, he lived in a number of places before his family settled in Bozeman, Montana when Scott was 12. He began chemical engineering studies at Montana State University in 1980, but after 2 years made the foolhardy decision to become a music major. After graduating, Scott taught music (and math) at a very small school in northern Montana (Turner) for 4 years. Although he was composing in his free time and there were ample opportunities to write choral and band arrangements, Scott felt it was time to really focus exclusively on composing and moved to Norman, Oklahoma. While pursuing a masters degree at the University of Oklahoma, he taught beginning composition as a graduate teaching assistant for 2 years.

At the age of 30, Scott "came out" and soon followed his partner to England, dropping out before finishing his masters degree. He lived in Newcastle upon Tyne for the next 3 years, attempting to get residency on the basis of his relationship to a British citizen. The case remained on appeal for most of the time Scott lived in England. Because he could not legally work during this time, Scott was able to devote himself to his first full-scale opera, Edward the second.

In 1997, he moved to Houston, Texas. After separating from his partner, Scott returned to Norman, Oklahoma to finish his masters, but soon dropped these plans to return to Houston and his partner (although not permanently). Scott spent the next 2 years working as a computer programmer for the Harris County Tax Office.

In 2001, Scott returned to composing and moved to San Francisco only to return to Houston and the tax office in 2002.

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