"Compassion is the basis for all morality"
Arthur Schopenhauer

Live performance from November 2007, La Chappelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal, QC, by Bradyworks ensemble. Bradyworks website:
http://www.timbrady.ca/Bradyworks.html

guan (2007) part I: "om"

Scott Edward Godin began his musical training on piano, completing a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1993 with Helmut Brauss. By winning the Johann Strauss competition in 1993, Scott was able to study in Vienna, Austria with internationally renowned pianist Paul Badura-Skoda in 1993 and 1994. Completing a Doctoral Degree in Musical Composition in June 2003 with John Rea at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, his music has been performed throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Various international festivals and workshops have allowed Scott to work alongside such composers as Louis Andriessen, Nicholas Huber, Steve Martland, Martijn Padding, Denys Bouliane, and Michael Smetanin. Accolades include the 2007 Joseph Stauffer Prize for Composition, finalist for the 1999 Gaudeamus Competition in Amsterdam, Holland, finalist in the 1999 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Young Composers' Competition, five prizes in SOCAN Young Composers Competitions (Canada), including Serge Garant Awards for chamber music in 1996 and 1998, prizewinner for German Radio in the 1997 NRW Symposium (Wesel, Germany), and four compact disc releases, “Devil’s Dance,” “Westwind,” "bien serre," and "Soundland Alberta," the latter which reached number one in Atlanta's WREK FM heavy rotation list on June 22, 1997. Scott has worked with various ensembles and soloists, including ensemble KORE (Montréal), la Société de la Musique Contemporaine du Québec (Montréal), ensemble de ereprijs (Apeldoorn, Holland), Orkest De Volharding (Amsterdam, Holland), Continuum (Toronto), Arraymusic (Toronto), and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Recent projects have included music for film (Sharkboy, 2004), contemporary dance (Stereo, 2005), orchestra (o sweet spontaneous, 2007), and rock band (Joni Mitchell Never Lies, 2007). Scott has also been Visiting Professor of Music Theory and Composition at both Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2010-11) and Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland (2008-09).

Scott Edward Godin a commencé sa formation musicale au piano, et terminé une licence en musique en 1993 auprès du pianiste Helmut Brauss. Lauréat du Concours Johann-Strauss en 1993, Scott étudie à Vienne, Autriche avec le pianist internationalement renommé Paul Badura-Skoda au cours de la saison 1993-1994. Son doctorat en composition terminé en Juin 2003 (avec John Rea et Denys Bouliane) à l’université McGill à Montréal, Québec, la musique de Scott a été executée dans l’ensemble de l’Europe, du Canada, du Mexique, et des Etats-Unis.