David Thorne Scott, singer, pianist, songwriter and arranger, is Associate Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music. He performs, teaches and lectures at jazz clubs, concert halls, schools, and national and international jazz education festivals.
"Shade," David's debut album, was chosen as a Top 5 Vocal Jazz CD of 2004 by the Jazz Education Journal. "I was knocked out. The jazz singer/arranger is also a composer/lyricist who is a welcome change from the more predictable vocal jazzers in the competitive vocal milieu," wrote Herb Wong.
His 2007 album "DYAD" is a collection of jazz standards and original songs, performed as duets with pianist Mark Shilansky. "Clear diction, warm tones and stellar vocal control over each note, no excuses... strong delivery and fabulous lyrics," said Jazz Sensibilities, June 2, 2008
David performs in the jazz vocal groups Syncopation (www.jazzsyncopation.com) and Vocalogy (www.vocalogy.net). Syncopation, which the Boston Globe calls “the 21st century Manhattan Transfer or Lambert, Hendricks and Ross,” took first place at the 2008 Harmony Sweepstakes in Boston. Syncopation’s “Wonderful You” and Vocalogy’s “Distilled” are available at CDBaby.com and iTunes.
David's arrangements for jazz choir are published in the "Classic Vocal Jazz" series by Hal Leonard Corporation. His arrangements for Vocalogy are published by University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press.
In 2006, David received a Berklee Faculty Fellowship and Recording Grant to study, transcribe, perform and record vocal group arrangements from the 1930s and 1940s.
David is an active classical singer. He is a member of Cut Circle, the Renaissance vocal octet praised for its “spirited,” “scholarly,” and “masterful” performances by the New York Times and the Williamstown Advocate Weekly, and called “the most promising group I have heard in a long time” by Donald Greig of the Tallis Scholars/Orlando Consort. David was also a finalist in the professional division of the 2003 Boston Area Song and Aria Festival sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
David received a B.A., Magna Cum Laude in English and music from Drew University, an A.A.A. in Professional Music from the School for Music Vocations (under Phil Mattson), and a M.M. in Jazz Vocal Performance from the University of Miami (under Larry Lapin). He continues his studies in voice with Mark Baxter.