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The Scott/Garrison Duo

The Scott/Garrison Duo is a dynamic and active chamber group located in Moscow, ID and featuring Shannon Scott, clarinet, and Leonard Garrison, flute. Recently they have performed at the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and as part of the Walla Walla Symphony's Saturday Soirée Chamber Series. The Duo began performing in recitals at Northwestern University in 1988. They joined the Tulsa Philharmonic as full-time musicians in 1988 and 1989 respectively. As faculty members of the University of Tulsa, they performed numerous works in the universitys recital. They were featured performers at the National Flute Association's 1993 Convention in Boston, 1996 convention in Phoeniz, 2002 convention in Washington, DC, 2003 convention in Las Vegas, and 2008 convention in Kansas City and were a winner of the 2002 NFA Chamber Music Competition. In 1995 the Scott/Garrison Duo gave the first Oklahoma performance of Elliott Carter's Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux I and II at the University of Tulsa as part of the South Central Chapter meeting of the College Music Society. They have been featured in the Brown Baggit Series at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the "Music Sandwiched In" Series at the Tulsa Central Library, "Tuesdays at Trinity" at Tulsa's Trinity Episcopal Church, the Evenings at the Bernsen series at the First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, and the Stroud Chamber Music Series. The Concertime Series in Tulsa presented the Scott/Garrison Duo in March 1998. In his review, James Watts of The Tulsa World called their program "refreshing" and the Duo "extremely talented." The Scott/Garrison Duo performed the William Heinrichs Trio for Seven Instruments, written specifically for them, at the 1998 National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix.
As part of their affiliation with the Tulsa Philharmonic in 1989-2002, the Scott/Garrison Duo introduced the flute and clarinet family to countless elementary school children and residents of many area retirement homes throughout the Tulsa area. In addition, the Scott/Garrison duo performed recitals for the Arts and Healing Program at Hillcrest Medical Center, in branch libraries, private homes, public settings such as Borders Bookstore and at the Philbrook Museum.
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Copyright ©2008 by Leonard Garrison. Contact us: leonardg@uidaho.edu. Lionel Hampton School of Music, University of Idaho, PO Box 444015, Moscow, ID 83844-4015
208-885-6709 (phone), 208-885-7254 (fax).
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