Choral Arts Appoints Cornell's Scott Tucker Artistic Director2919079

The Board of Directors of Choral Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Tucker, current P.E. Browning Director of Choral Music at Cornell University, as its new artistic director, efficient with the 2012-2013 period.

Tucker is a musician, conductor, composer and teacher whose passions range from symphonic works to globe music to new music. During his 17-year tenure at Cornell, Tucker has directed the Men's Glee Club and the Women's Chorus, in addition to overseeing the activities of the Cornell Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Sage Chapel Choir. Under Tucker's management, the Cornell choirs performed often with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra during its operation, and collaborated with acclaimed artists such as Anonymous 4, Peter Schreier and Samit Mulondo. The Cornell choirs also tour nationally and internationally.

Scott Tucker has extensive experience preparing large-scale symphonic works, and has prepared main works for all top conductors, including Peter Schreier, Fabio Mechetti, Daniel Hege, Carl St. Clair, Heiichiro Ohyama, LanFranco Marcelletti, and Erich Leinsdorf. He has also served as a guest conductor for the New York State Baroque, the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and Ensemble X, as well as choral festivals throughout the country.

Deeply committed to supporting new music, Tucker has commissioned more than 30 works during his tenure at Cornell, and has premiered works from composers such as Ernani Aguiar, Bernard Rands, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, Carol Barnett, David Conte, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and many others.

Prior to his time at Cornell, Tucker was an assistant conductor at Harvard University, a music teacher at Milton Academy in Boston, and an award-winning musician in the Boston area.