Scot Crandal: News

Oregon Music News has published info on the upcoming world premiere.

Scot will be singing the lead role of Count Almaviva in the Electric Opera Company's production of The Barber of Seville in July.

Scot's new composition "Sing When the Rain Is Falling" for organ, SATB choir, flute, and congregation, will be premiered during the Easter Vigil service at the Episcopal Parish of St. John the Baptist on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010. This work was commissioned by Roy and Sue Clark in memory of their son, Graham Clark. The text is by the renowned hymn-text writer, Christopher M. Idle.

Scot has launched his new band, Vernacular Wood!

No, not a Cole Porter song: Scot has Begun the Blog!

OCP just released recordings of two evening canticles Scot originally wrote for John Strege and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon:

Let My Prayer Rise

O Gracious Light (Phos Hilaron)

Scot's first liturgical music collection published by OCP is now available through iTunes.

In May 2010, Scot will be singing the lead role of Henry in the world premiere of Queen of Knives, an opera by Eric Stern. More information here.

Scot will be singing in an innovative production of Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard of Bingen, composed around 1151. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music.

The Oregonian has posted it's review of The Beggar's Opera.

Opera blogger, Bob Kingston, has posted part one of his interview with the cast of The Beggar's Opera here.

Information about The Beggar's Opera appeared in October's issue of American Theatre Magazine! Scot's and Alexis' mug shots are included. 

Check out the feature article about The Beggar's Opera in the October 2009 issue of Street Roots, starting on page 8! Or, buy one from your favorite local street vendor!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2009 More information at www.operatheateroregon.com Images available on request OTO’s World Premiere “Beggar’s Opera,” Opening Oct. 22, Brings Portland Politics, Filth and Fabulosity Straight to the Stage Radical new take on John Gay’s groundbreaking “Beggar’s Opera” (of 1728), written by Portland’s own Stephen Marc Beaudoin in collaboration with chamber-pop band Buoy LaRue’s Michael Herrman, will play six shows only: Oct. 22-31 PORTLAND – In the midst of a 21st century Great Recession, Portland drowns in homelessness, joblessness, gang violence, sexcapading politicians and booming art, music and sex industries. Drop a genre-busting chamber-pop band into the mix, and you've got Opera Theater Oregon's world premiere production of “The Beggar's Opera,” running October 22-31 in Portland. Based on John Gay's landmark 18th century ballad opera of the same name, OTO's world premiere work – written by Portland performer and writer Stephen Marc Beaudoin (script/lyrics) and Buoy LaRue's Michael Herrman (music) – yokes the dog-eat-dog, dangerous and irreverent characters of Gay's original work right into the Portland of 2009. Major characters are inspired by Portland celebrities and politicians including Commissioner Randy Leonard and singer Storm Large, among others. “We want to celebrate and send up what a wonderful, screwed up city this place is,” says “Beggar's Opera” writer and stage director Stephen Marc Beaudoin. “In what other place can you - in the course of a few city blocks - visit any of our legion strip-club establishments, gorge on a specialty doughnut called 'The Dirty Sanchez,' then stumble through a clutch of heroin dealers on your way to a fabulous drag show in Chinatown?” he says. “Just as in Gay's original, we'll lampoon and give a middle finger to the peculiar culture of our time and place, but we also hope the themes of faith and redemption will be universal.” To bring this new work to stirring life, Beaudoin sought out Portland songwriter slash bandleader Michael Herrman, whose six-piece band, Buoy LaRue, “marries the soaring possibilities of classical with the deep passion of rock,” according to the Oregonian. Herrman, a musical theatre actor (“Will Rogers Follies,” “Me and My Girl”) turned full-time musician, jumped at the chance to take a crack at furthering his classical-meets-pop aesthetic. For “The Beggar's Opera,” Herrman has made new arrangements of nearly 20 of the “original” tunes from the 1728 work, as well as created wholly new compositions for the opera. “The Beggar's Opera” is the first new work commissioned by Opera Theater Oregon from collaborating artists outside of the company, and marks a turning point in OTO's already extaordinary young life as a company. "It's unbelievably cool to have someone write a show for you,” says OTO artistic director Katie Taylor. “Now that we've been around for a while, it's getting easier to find other people who think like us. Collaboration is definitely going to be a big part of our future. " “The Beggar’s Opera” is directed by Stephen Marc Beaudoin, and stars the new generation of Portland music-theatre performers, including Scot Crandal (Mack), Beth Madsen Bradford (Mrs. Peachum), Leah Yorkston (Polly), Bobby Jackson (Lockit) and Emily Zahniser (Lucy) in the principal roles, with a fabulous ensemble including Katey Bridge (Katey), Maria Karlin (Mai Tai Maria), Alexis Moore Eytinge (Susie), Tim Galloway (Jenny), Arne Hartmann (Felch), Gabriel Henriques (Gabe), Lion (Kris), Ian Timmons (Ian), Tracy Turner (Bill) and Gigi Urban (Betty). Michael Herrman music directs, and Herrman's classical pop band, Buoy LaRue, is the “Beggar's” house band. “The Beggar's Opera” plays six performances only, October 22-25 (7 pm - Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) at the Someday Lounge, and October 30-31 (7 pm – Fri, Sat) at Sellwood's newest music venue, The Woods, a renovated funeral parlor. Tickets, $15-$17, are available by calling 503-205-0715, or online at www.operatheateroregon.com. “The Beggar's Opera” is generously supported by a grant from the Herbert A. Templeton Foundation and the support of individual donors. ABOUT Opera Theater Oregon: Opera Theater Oregon's mission is to bring opera back into pop culture through creative editing and adaptation. Affordable, entertaining, and commonly available (bars, movie theaters, online), OTO helps more people connect with classical music in a way that feels relevant to their lives. OTO is a 501c(3) tax exempt organization, IRS Section 170b(2)iii for both federal and state tax purposes. Calendar Listing WHAT: “The Beggar's Opera,” a world premiere music-theatre piece, based in part on John Gay's “The Beggar's Opera” (1728) WHEN/WHERE: October 22, 23, 24 and 25 (Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun, 7 pm) @ Someday Lounge, 125 NW Fifth Avenue, and October 30-31 (Fri-Sat, 7 pm) @ The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie Avenue. WHO: Produced by Opera Theater Oregon, written by Stephen Marc Beaudoin and Buoy LaRue's Michael Herrman, starring Portland performers including Beth Madsen Bradford, Scot Crandal, Bobby Jackson, Leah Yorkston and Emily Zahniser. TICKETS: $15 in advance, $17 at the door (general admission). Call PDXtix at 503-205-0715, or go online to operatheateroregon.com. WHY: Because Portland needs to be rocked just like London of 1728. YOUTUBE PREVIEW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TS_UOSfavw... SMB thanks you for joining him at "From Every Corner."

Scot will be singing a lead role in the Opera Theater of Oregon's production of The Beggar's Opera in late October. Stay tuned for more info.

Tonight, two more songs were completed and recorded for the upcoming album. These tracks will be posted when the album is completed: two more to record...

Two of Scot's compositions, "Hail, Mary, Our Icon" (text by Delores Dufner) and "Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd" will be published again in the 2009 Hymnal from OCP, Breaking Bread.

Check out this dirty blues track recorded at Thelma's recording studio today! Click: Bad Storm Comin' In

Scot's favorite things to perform have been posted in the "Bio & More" section.

"Can't Seem To Find My Way" and "I Guess I Need a Second Chance" from the upcoming album have been posted for full, free preview.

"No Regrets" and "Until You" from the upcoming album have posted for free preview.

Two of Scot's compositions, "Hail Mary, Our Icon" (text by Delores Dufner) and "The Lord Is My Shepherd" (Psalm 23), appear in the latest editions of Breaking Bread and Music Issue, the leading Catholic music hymnals.

The 2nd track from the upcoming album has been posted.

Recordings of Jocelyn Claire Thomas premiering Scot's art songs have been added to the site.

Scot will sing at a benefit concert at Oregon Health & Science University on October 27 - exact time TBA. Funds will be raised for the Metabolic Disorders Program at the Childhood Development and Rehabilitation Center (CDRC).