A Symphony for the Next Generation | Scott Seaton | TEDxRedding

Symphony conductor Scott Seaton shares how orchestras can be more relevant for the next generation, with examples like Mason Bates: dance club dj-turned concert hall conductor. Visit him online at www.scott-seaton.com.


Conductor Scott Seaton is in increasing demand on the international level after having won the INTERAKTION competition in Berlin and as a semi-finalist in the 2012 Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition in Frankfurt, Germany. He has been praised as a conductor with "finesse, clarity, and precision” by the Luxembourg Times.

Seaton is the Music Director of the North State Symphony and was recently named Principal Conductor of the Veridian Symphony Orchestra in Yuba City. From 2012-2015, he was the Music Director of the Minot Symphony Orchestra in North Dakota.
Since his international debut in 2007 with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Seaton has conducted orchestras across North America, South America, and Europe. Seaton earned degrees from the Université de Montréal, the New England Conservatory, and the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.


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