Dr. Scott AuCoin is a conductor, performer, and composer of choral music. He currently serves as Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama School of Music where he conducts the Tenor Bass Chorus, the University Chorus, and teaches courses in choral conducting and choral literature.
Previously, he served as Interim Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Haverford College where he conducted The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale and Orchestra, presenting the US premiere of Cassie To’s Songs of the Reef. As Associate Conductor of the Master Chorale of South Florida, he led a sold-out community building performance of Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story which was hailed for its, “overall precision of the choral singing” (Palm Beach ArtsPaper). Previous appointments include: Choir Director at First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square and Director of Choral Activities at Marriotts Ridge High School in Howard County, MD where his choirs received superior ratings and were invited to perform at numerous invitationals and prestigious venues such as the Governor’s Mansion and the National Gallery of Art.
As a choral singer, Dr. AuCoin has sung with choirs across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a member of the professional ensemble Elevation of Elevate Vocal Arts which fuses traditional, classical choral music with jazz, hip-hop, R&B, storytelling, and spoken word. He has sung with the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir in acclaimed performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Additionally, Dr. AuCoin has sung much of the symphonic choral repertoire with other professional orchestras such batons as Helmuth Rilling and Marin Alsop. Dr. AuCoin is an active composer of choral music. His most recent work, Light, my light, is available through Walton Music under the Amanda Quist Choral Series and was recently performed across the country including the Minnesota All State Treble Choir.
Dr. AuCoin has studied conducting with Dr. Amanda Quist, Dr. Joe Miller, and Dr. James Jordan. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College, and a Bachelor of Music in Composition and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Maryland, College Park.
