***NEWS***
2023
New Artwork, New Album, Tour of Thailand....
NEW ARTWORK
CONKLIN CREATED ARTWORK IN HONOR AND CELEBRATION OF BUDDY HOLLY, J.P. "THE BIG BOPPER" RICHARDSON, RITCHIE VALENS, AND ROGER PETERSON FOR HIS DEAR FRIEND JOSH HENDERSON'S ALBUM ONE MORE NIGHT.
NEW ALBUM
2023
HANS GÁL: WORKS FOR VIOLA, PIANO, VIOLIN AND OBOE
Release Date: Feb. 10, 2023
CENTAUR RECORDS (CRC 397576)
Christine Rutledge, viola
David Gompper, piano
Courtney Miller, oboe
Scott Conklin, violin
Disc 1, 42:27 and Disc 2, 41:53 (Total time: 84:20). I play on all of Disc 2 on the works Divertimento for Violin and Viola as well as the Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola, Op. 94 and Divertimento for Violin and Viola, Op. 90, No. 3. Recorded in December of 2018 by James Edel.
Christine Rutledge, viola
David Gompper, piano
Courtney Miller, oboe
Scott Conklin, violin
Disc 1, 42:27 and Disc 2, 41:53 (Total time: 84:20). I play on all of Disc 2 on the works Divertimento for Violin and Viola as well as the Trio for Oboe, Violin and Viola, Op. 94 and Divertimento for Violin and Viola, Op. 90, No. 3. Recorded in December of 2018 by James Edel.
TOUR OF THAILAND
In June of 2023, Conklin along with violist Christine Rutledge, oboist Courtney Miller, and pianist/composer David Gompper performed at the 2023 Princess Galvani Vadhana International Music Festival in Bangkok, Thailand and the 48th International Viola Congress in Salaya, Thailand.
2021
THE VOXMAN PROJECT KENNETH TSE, ALTO SAXOPHONE
CRYSTAL RECORDS (CD782)
Conklin performed on
Kirk O'Riordan Ductus Figuratus, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Ensemble
*****MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL (SUMMER 2021) MARC ROCHESTER*****(REVIEW)
“There are precious few saxophone concertos around, so any new one is worthy of interest; and O’Riordan’s is certainly a work worth investigating. It must be said that, for much of this 20-minute work, he seems so intent on moving away from the saxophone’s traditional stomping ground of jazz, that it often seems dauntingly dark and heavyweight. It comes as a bit of a surprise, therefore, to read that it was, to an extent, inspired by Orff’s Carmina burana. You will search in vain for musical connections, but the influence is found in the Latinate title of the work and of its four movements. The short third movement – “Tripudo” – is the lightest of the three, and in the fourth (“Demum”), after a desolate violin solo, beautifully played here by Scott Conklin, there is, in the jagged, angular rhythms, and foot-tripping syncopations, something quite invigorating. There is a lot of clever and effective writing here, and Tse is a splendidly fluent and masterful advocate for this new concerto.”
Conklin performed on
Kirk O'Riordan Ductus Figuratus, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Ensemble
*****MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL (SUMMER 2021) MARC ROCHESTER*****(REVIEW)
“There are precious few saxophone concertos around, so any new one is worthy of interest; and O’Riordan’s is certainly a work worth investigating. It must be said that, for much of this 20-minute work, he seems so intent on moving away from the saxophone’s traditional stomping ground of jazz, that it often seems dauntingly dark and heavyweight. It comes as a bit of a surprise, therefore, to read that it was, to an extent, inspired by Orff’s Carmina burana. You will search in vain for musical connections, but the influence is found in the Latinate title of the work and of its four movements. The short third movement – “Tripudo” – is the lightest of the three, and in the fourth (“Demum”), after a desolate violin solo, beautifully played here by Scott Conklin, there is, in the jagged, angular rhythms, and foot-tripping syncopations, something quite invigorating. There is a lot of clever and effective writing here, and Tse is a splendidly fluent and masterful advocate for this new concerto.”
2019 ALBUM RELEASE:
PORTUGUESE PERSPECTIVES: MUSIC FOR OBOE, PIANO, AND STRINGS
MSR CLASSICS (1690)
Oboist Courtney Miller with......
Mini Kwon, piano
String Quartet: Scott Conklin, violin; Katie Wolfe, violin; Christine Rutledge, viola; and Tony Arnone, cello
Works by Azevedo, Carrrapatoso, D'Almeida, Ferreirr, Fragoso, and Matosinkos.
Oboist Courtney Miller with......
Mini Kwon, piano
String Quartet: Scott Conklin, violin; Katie Wolfe, violin; Christine Rutledge, viola; and Tony Arnone, cello
Works by Azevedo, Carrrapatoso, D'Almeida, Ferreirr, Fragoso, and Matosinkos.
2019 ALBUM RELEASE:
Ich Denke Dein: Songs and Chamber Works by Nikolai Medtner (Albany Records)
Albany Records
With soprano Rachel Joselson and pianist Sasha Burdin
See "Albums/DVD's/Discography Section" for more information.
With soprano Rachel Joselson and pianist Sasha Burdin
See "Albums/DVD's/Discography Section" for more information.
2016 ALBUM RELEASE:
Songs of the Holocaust (Albany Records)
by Rachel Joselson, soprano and Réne Lecuona, piano with special guests Hannah Holman, cello and Scott Conklin, violin
It was my honor to play on a very moving album, Songs of the Holocaust (Albany Records TROY 1672), by soprano Rachel Joselson and pianist Réne Lecuona. The newly released album features songs by composers Adolf Strauss, Viktor Ullman, Carlo Taube, Ilse Weber, Gideon Klein, and James Simon, who lost their lives at the concentration camp in Terezin during World War II. The album also features the music of composer Norbert Glanzbert, who survived the war and whose music honors and memorializes those who died.
2015 ALBUM RELEASE
Pieces and Passages (Albany Records)
Scott Conklin, violin and album artwork (front cover, back cover, CD jacket, and disc)
With Alan Huckleberry and Jason Sifford, piano
Works by Ching-chu Hu, Gabriela Lena Frank, Joel Puckett, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Chen Yi, and Ethan Wickman
With Alan Huckleberry and Jason Sifford, piano
Works by Ching-chu Hu, Gabriela Lena Frank, Joel Puckett, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Chen Yi, and Ethan Wickman