Scott Eyerly

Scott Eyerly has been recognized for achievements in theater, opera, symphonic, choral, song, and chamber works. His newest piece Arlington Sons will receive its world premiere by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, in October 2012, featuring Broadway and opera star David Pittsinger. Spires, for choir and organ, was commissioned by Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York and was given its first performance in that great space, sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys under the direction of John Scott. Other works include the opera The House of the Seven Gables, produced at Manhattan School of Music and now available on double CD from Albany Records; Exultation Overture, commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony and first performed at Carnegie Hall; The Palm at the End, a sextet for piano and winds commissioned by Chamber Music America for the ensemble Hexagon; On Blue Mountain, a music theater piece based on Appalachian folklore, commissioned by Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Sinfonia for brass octet, recorded by an ensemble of principals from orchestras in the Northeast and released on Sonora Records; Fanfare after Chabrier's "L'Étoile," commissioned by Glimmerglass Opera; and Variations on a Theme by Honegger, a large-scale symphonic piece, winner of the Louisville Orchestra New Music Prize.