CALENDAR
BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY
September 25–26, 2026
Scott conducts BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY with the Charlotte Symphony.
Belk Theater
Charlotte, NC
HOLLYWOOD FILM MUSIC Vol. 2: Recording
November 5–6, 2026
Scott records HOLLYWOOD FILM MUSIC Vol. 2 with Britten Sinfonia for release on the Platoon label. Film music from 1960–1975 by David Shire, Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, Nino Rota, Jerry Goldsmith and others, in new arrangements by Scott, with featured guest artists Martin James Bartlett, Monica Mancini and Gregg Field.
AIR Studios
London, UK
Past Events
HELL TO HOLLYWOOD: Film Music’s First Golden Age and the Emigre Community
May 30, 2026
The SCOTT DUNN ORCHESTRA in concert at The Wallis. A concert celebrating the many great film composers who fled political turmoil and anti-semitism in Europe and Russia in the early 20th century and created the first golden age of film music. Music by Steiner, Waxman, Korngold, Kaper, Weill and others.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Beverly Hills, CA
AFTERWORDS: BBC Radio 3 Broadcast
April 12, 2026
BBC Radio 3 broadcast of AFTERWORDS, featuring interviews with Claire Martin and Scott Dunn discussing their late friend Richard Rodney Bennett.
BBC Radio 3
London, UK
The Jazz Train Radio Show: Interview
March 3, 2026
Radio interview with Simon Latarche discussing Richard Rodney Bennett and Scott’s 2023 recording I WATCH YOU SLEEP with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic.
The Jazz Train Radio Show, Source FM 96.1
UK
HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: Juror
February 26–March 8, 2026
Scott serves as juror for the HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION with Sir Stephen Hough, Prof. Vanessa Latarche and other distinguished pianists.
White Rock Theater
Hastings, UK
Parnassus Society
January 31, 2026
Scott conducts Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 for Parnassus Society with pianist Harmony Zhu and cellist Nathan Le.
Soka Performing Arts Center
Aliso Viejo, CA
BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics
January 12, 2026
Scott plays live and is interviewed by Georgia Mann for Essential Classics, live on BBC Radio 3 from Studio City.
BBC Radio 3
Studio City, CA
THE HOLLYWOOD MODERNISTS: Film Music’s Second Golden Age
November 22, 2025
The SDO in concert at The Wallis. A concert celebrating the cohort of East Coast formally trained composers who came west after WWII and revolutionized film scoring with modernism and jazz. Commentary and arrangements by Scott, featuring Bernard Herrmann, Leonard Rosenman, David Raksin, Alex North, Elmer Bernstein and others.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Beverly Hills, CA
Hastings International Piano Competition Gala Concert
September 27, 2025
Scott conducts the Royal Philharmonic playing Dvořák, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with past winner Curtis Phil Hsu and Harmony Zhu.
White Rock Theater
Hastings, UK
Aspen Music Festival Recital
August 18, 2025
Scott in recital at the Aspen Music Festival, playing his own arrangements of film scores by Herrmann, Raksin, Rosenman, North, Bennett and others.
Harris Hall
Aspen, CO
BUGS BUNNY AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
July 11–12, 2025
With the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA
HENRY MANCINI at 100
May 22, 2025
The SDO’s debut concert with guest artists Tonality, presenting a survey of Mancini’s output from his earliest days with Glenn Miller through VICTOR VICTORIA. All new arrangements and commentary by Scott.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Beverly Hills, CA
CODY FRY
April 19, 2025
Scott conducts CODY FRY in concert with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, with works by Fry, Williams, Walton and others.