Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett

Director of Music

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Conductor Scott Allen Jarrett was recently lauded by the Boston Globe as “the most promising young figure to emerge on the local choral scene.” A native of Virginia, Jarrett came to Boston in 1997 to pursue graduate degrees at Boston University, where he received his doctorate in conducting. Jarrett serves as Director of Music, Chapel Organist and Choirmaster at Boston University’s Marsh Chapel. Also at Boston University, his appointment includes adjunct faculty posts in both the School of Theology as a Lecturer in the Practice of Sacred Music and in the College of Fine Arts as Teaching Associate in Choral Conducting. As Director of Music at Marsh Chapel, Jarrett leads the Chapel Choir and Collegium in weekly worship services broadcast on the internet and National Public Radio. Recent seasons of Music at Marsh Chapel have included Bach’s Magnificat, Easter and Ascension Oratorios, St. John Passion, Handel’s Saul, the Faure Requiem, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.

This fall, Jarrett will begin his fourth season as Music Director and Conductor of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, the resident chorus of the Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina. This season Jarrett will lead the chorus and orchestra in semi-staged performances of Handel’s Saul, in addition to works by Bach and Mendelssohn, and chorus preparation for Orff’s Carmina Burana. In recent seasons with the Charlotte Symphony, Jarrett led performances of Brahms’ Schicksalslied, Schumann’s Nachtlied, Messiah, Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard, and Mozart Violin Concerto No 4. Each year, Jarrett leads the Oratorio Singers Chamber Chorus in performance at the annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC.

After guest conducting the 30th Anniversary Concert, Jarrett was named the fifth music director of the Back Bay Chorale in Boston. The performance of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus garnered critical acclaim from the Boston Globe: “Judas Maccabaeus was a great success, and Jarrett established himself as the most promising young figure to emerge on the local choral scene… This was Jarrett’s night – he’s tasteful and talented, someone to keep our eyes and ears on.” Recent seasons included performances of Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri, the St Matthew Passion of Bach, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, and the Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Highlights of the current season are Haydn’s ‘Lord Nelson’ Mass and Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

For eight summers, Jarrett served as the Assistant Conductor of Choirs at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute where he assisted Dr. Ann Howard Jones. Also at Tanglewood, Jarrett taught advanced music theory and history to the students in the Young Artist Vocal Program. In August each year, Jarrett serves as Resident Conductor for New Hampshire’s White Mountain Musical Arts Bach Festival, leading the festival’s orchestra and chorus in performances of the great orchestral and choral masterworks of Bach.

As a pianist, Jarrett frequently serves as rehearsal pianist and assistant for Ann Howard Jones. He also accompanied rehearsals for the late Robert Shaw during his Boston visits. As the rehearsal pianist for the Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop, Jarrett played rehearsals for Charles Dutoit. As a baritone, Jarrett has been a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Boston Bach Ensemble, and Schola Cantorum of Boston. He is also a proud alumnus of Furman University.

 

Contact Dr. Jarrett:

Marsh Chapel, Boston University

735 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

617-358-3396

sjarrett@bu.edu