Scott William Perry
Composer
Scott W. Perry
 
EDUCATION 
 
PhD, Music Composition, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring 2019  
 
MA, Music Composition, University of California, Davis, Spring 2013 
 
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA, Spring 2009 
 
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara, Creative Studies, Spring 2006 
 
WORK HISTORY 
 
Academic Experience 
Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall 2019-Winter 2020 
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall 2017-Spring 2019 
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring 2016 
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis, Winter 2010-Spring 2011 
 
Fellowships  
 
Graduate Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall 2014- Spring 2019 
Graduate Fellow, University of California, Davis, Fall 2009- Spring 2011 
Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia CA, 2007-2009  
 
Honors and Awards 
 
Corwin Awards for Outstanding Composition 
2018 First Prize for Vocal Music 
2017 First Prize for Solo or Chamber Ensemble Music 
2015 First Prize for Large Ensemble Music 
2015 Second Prize for Electronic or Electro-Acoustic Music 
 
Recent Concert Performances 
 
Study in A-Rhythmicon, Study in C-Utonal-Rhythmicon, Garudas, 1/28/20 at the wulf at Coaxial 
PhD Recital of Works for Surround Sound, UCSB, Spring 2019 
Continuum Music 15, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, University of California, San Diego, Spring 2019 
Continuum Music 15, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, California Institute of the Arts, Spring 2019 
Rhythmicon Pulses, for Pierrot Ensemble, UCSB, Winter 2019 
Selections from 10 Preludes, 5 Inventions and 5 Canons, UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music, Winter 2019 
PhD Recital of Works for Piano and Works for Surround Sound, UCSB, 2019 
PhD Recital of Works for Stereo Playback, Fall 2018 
Verging on the Perpetual Dawn, for Two Pianos, UCSB Summer Music Festival, Summer 2018 
Movement for Viola and Piano, UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music, Spring 2018 
The Walrus and The Carpenter, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, University of California, San Diego, Spring 2018 
Continuum Music 13, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, Stanford University, Spring 2018 
Continuum Music 13, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, California Institute of the Arts, Spring 2018 
Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter, California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts, UCSB, Spring 2018 
Hot and Cool Boredom, for Bass Clarinet and Marimba, UCSB, Winter 2018 
Plain-Wrap Music, for Flute and Clarinet, UCSB Summer Music Festival, Summer 2017 
 
Languages 
 
English: Native Language 
German: Novice Reading, Writing, and Speaking  
French: Novice Reading, Writing, and Speaking