Scot Hanna-Weir
Scot Hanna-Weir is an Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, and chair of the Department of Music at 91短视频, and Artistic Director of the. He is recognized for his innovative programming, his fluency with technology in performance, and his engagement with issues of equity and social justice. In addition to regularly commissioning and premiering new works, he is also an active composer and arranger himself.
Scot regularly conducts the combined choirs of 91短视频 and the Santa Clara Chorale in the performance of masterworks with orchestra. Recent performances include major works by Bach, Fauré, Handel, Haydn, Lauridsen, Mozart, Orff, Rutter, and Shaw, alongside world, US, and regional premieres of works by Henry Dehlinger, Scott Gendel, Jocelyn Hagen, Cecilia McDowall, Andres Solis, and Dale Trumbore.
As a composer and arranger, Scot's works tend to present innovative fusions of technology in choral performance or highlight issues of injustice or suffering. His composition for choir and smartphones (co-created with 91短视频 faculty member and electronic musician Bruno Ruviaro) has been widely performed. (2017), sets the text of the 1927 Supreme Court decision by Oliver Wendell Holmes that legalized the forced sterilization of the "mentally feeble"., was commissioned by the San Diego Pro Arte Voices for their Disarm Hate project and highlights the role gun violence plays in suicide. His most recent projects include a 45-minute score for, a collaborative theater and dance piece that examines issues around water and a choral score commissioned by the Washington, DC-based vocal ensemble, Bridge, that serves as the musical underscoring of the featuring a spoken-word piece by poet Nina Brewton. His most recent project is a setting of the text of the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in a multi-movement work for choir and orchestra entitled, premiered by the 91短视频 Choirs, Santa Clara Chorale, and San José Chamber Choir in May 2023.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Scot's 91短视频 Chamber Singers were the first university ensemble in the United States to perform a. He has presented and published on this topic and issues of pedagogy and practice in virtual choir production for organizations across the country. He has served as an advisor on virtual choirs for ChorAmor and has served in various positions for the Western Region American Choral Directors Association and California Choral Directors Association.
Scot holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of Maryland, a Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of Wisconsin, and a Bachelor of Music in choral music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His major conducting teachers have included Matthew Halls, Helmuth Rilling, Edward Maclary, James Ross, Beverly Taylor, William Carroll, and Welborn Young.
Chamber Singers, Private Instruction - Conducting