Scott Burditt
Principle Horn, Sponsored by LeDor Publishing
Maine native Scott Burditt has been a public and private school music teacher for more than 45 years. Principal Horn and Personnel Manager for the Bangor Symphony, and Principal Horn and Horn instructor at Colby College, he is also Co-Principal Horn, Associate Conductor and Librarian for the Bangor Band, and the Horn instructor at the University of Maine. He holds a Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Maine.
As a professional horn player, he has played with many of the performing groups in Maine, including the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Bangor Symphony, Medomak Conductors Retreat, Maine State Music Theater, PORT Opera Orchestra, the Maine State Ballet Orchestra, the Colby College Orchestra, as soloist with the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Bowdoin International Music Festival Orchestra, the Atlantic Music Festival at Colby College, college bands, brass quintets, the Winds of the Bejeweled Diadem woodwind quintet, the Maine Brass Quintet, community bands and at the âLemonwheelâ Concert tour of the band Phish.
How many years have you played and how many locations have you performed in?
I started playing horn in 1970, and have been fortunate to have performed in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida, Hawaii and throughout Maine.
What was your first concert experience with the BSO like?
It was in the late 1970s. The BSO was playing a concert with guest soloist Noel Paul Stookey, and I remember watching some of the violin players singing Puff the Magic Dragon along with him.
What is your favorite piece you have ever performed?
Some of my favorites with the BSO include Mahler’s Symphony #5, a Sinatra tribute concert and Star Wars. I’m thankful to have the opportunity to play music of many styles.
What makes the BSO unique to you?
It’s my musical family.