In 1998 I began a series of compositions based on pieces from the 1994 album orange by the band The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a group incorporating various blues gestures and forms within their own personal approach to the rock idiom (the term “punk blues” has been used to refer to their music). I was inspired by the band’s desire to create something unique and personal outside of a categorical genre, and I set out to do something similar in my own music, as I began incorporating material from songs on the album within a contemporary framework. Although it may be hard to identify the original songs in my compositions, I hope an association to the originals can be made on some level, and I hope the energy from the original album comes across on my “renditions.” 


orange music

dissect (1998)
for wind quintet
la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec; Walter Boudreau, cond.

SMCQ website: http://smcq.qc.ca/

dissect (1998)

dang (2001)
for ensemble
Continuum Ensemble, Rosemary Thomson, conductor

Continuum's website: http://continuummusic.org/

dang (2001)

flavour! (1998)
for piano and ensemble
Marc Couroux, piano; The Little Chamber Music Series That Could; Wallace Leung, cond.

flavour! (1998)

orange (2001)
for ensemble
orkest de volharding; Jurjen Hempel, conductor



orange (2001)

greyhound (1999)
for baritone saxophone and big band
Carl Maraghi, saxophone; kappa big band, Phillipe Keyser, dir.

greyhound (1999)

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.