Jazz Composition Clinics
Scott’s clinics cover many aspects of Jazz Composition, at every level, exploring new pathways in small and large ensemble writing.
Topics include harmonic development, rhythmic interaction, formal development, improvisitional controls, scales and modes including non-standard scales, orchestration, arranging as it applies to originals, standard repertoire, hybrid styles and world music.
Songwriting/composition clinic - Seoul Jazz Academy
World tour sponsored by Berklee College of Music. Explored contemporary song form in the context of jazz composition
Jazz composition/improvisation - Barratt Due Institute, Oslo
Explored aspects of composition and improvisation in modern jazz, applied to technical development in classical performance.
Harmonizing melody - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Composition of melodic and harmonic ideas using elements of the natural surroundings that people experience in everyday life.
New directions in Jazz Harmony - I.C.O.M. Kuala Lumpur
Explored concepts of harmonic voice leading, adapted to jazz vocabulary, and interpolating counterpoint within the texture.
Credits
C. Scott Free
Composer/guitarist
FreeMuse Publishing
ASCAP