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Periodic updates and announcements from my professional journey.
I have given myself an extra 30-60 minutes a day this month by pre-writing all my posts. I hope I’ve been combining it with a summer “social media sabbatical” to find more time to do the things I want to prioritize this summer. That includes: More family time – playing […]
The early months of the pandemic included making a virtual choir from across the state of the Michigan Choral Commission Consortium performing Z. Randall Stroope’s “I Have Loved Hours at Sea” which we had commissioned that year. Since then, we’ve had multiple pushbacks, delays, and other problems. That’s why I’m […]
I’m happy to announce I’m refocusing the daily posts on my website! Rather than my previous focus on creativity, vocal music, and education, I’m so excited to begin a daily post at the intersection of ancient Roman culture and philosophical thought. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Latin, and I’ve […]
Today at the Jazz Education Network Conference they had their annual Vocal Jazz Reading Session. Unlike in typical choral reading sessions, the JEN session (and IAJE before it) features a lineup of about a dozen vocal jazz heavy hitters, who are able to give respectable performances of music that’s really […]
2021 started and ended with huge rises in COVID spread. It’s tempting to say that it was 2020 all over again, but it was palpably different. With vaccinations and more knowledge about effective mitigation, we were able to do a lot more normal things, even as we missed out on […]
I wrote and published every day in 2021, with my streak now standing at just over seven uninterrupted years. This year, I wrote a little over 75,000 words – 6,000+ per month, or around 200 per day. In the midst of that, I also was able to take the entire […]
Every year I’m excited to do a roundup of the favorite recordings that either came out, or were first heard by me, that year. This year I’m expanding the list beyond audio music recordings to a few other categories, reflecting the nature of my listening this year. Music In The […]
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. That said, I read just 12 books in 2021. This is the lowest number of books I’ve read since I started keeping a […]
It’s long overdue, but I’m happy to welcome you to a new and improved version of jedscott.com. My last website was coded by me years ago – before there were thoughts of responsive design, dark mode, etc. This time around I didn’t do the coding, but have worked very hard […]
Allow me to offer a first listen to my long-delayed canon based on Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, best known for its appearance in Through The Looking Glass. I completed the piece in late-2019, and would have premiered it with the Rockford Aces at the 2020 World Choir Games. We all know […]