13 Facts About Scott Joiner

Scott Joiner is an American singer, composer, teacher and conductor.

Scott Joiner created the role of Dickon in the world premiere of Nolan Gasser's opera The Secret Garden with the San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances in 2013.

Scott Joiner composed the score and starred in the short opera film, Connection Lost or L'opera di Tinder, which won Best Score at Ireland's Kerry Film Festival.

In 2021 Minton's Cabaret presented the retrospective, The Sounds of Scott Joiner, featuring Jessica Fishenfeld, Edward Hardy and others.

Scott Joiner is the artistic executor and definitive biographer of the composer and music critic Eric Salzman, a pioneer in the concept of New Music Theater.

Scott Joiner is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the Manhattan School of Music with additional graduate studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Scott Joiner sang the role of Tamino in Die Zauberflote conducted by Christian Schulz at the Odeon Theater Wien as Artist-in-Residence for the 2018 Vienna Summer Music Festival, and was a 2018 Festival Artist with Sherrill Milnes' Savannah VOICE Festival.

In 2019, Scott Joiner debuted the role of Ernesto in Donizetti's Don Pasquale with the North Shore Music Festival at the historic Castle Gould; performed in the Season Opening Gala of City Lyric Opera at New York's Steinway Hall; and performed with On Site Opera.

Scott Joiner has composed five short one-act operas as well as numerous other works for combinations of voice, orchestra, chorus and piano.

Rather than taking formal composition lessons, Scott Joiner learned aspects of composition from advanced studies in music theory, jazz piano studies, and from his own performances as a vocalist in many premieres and workshops.

Filmmaker Adam Taylor approached Scott Joiner about making a short opera film in 2015 and Connection Lost was released on April 18,2016.

Taylor and Scott Joiner released their second film, Something Blue in December 2016.

Scott Joiner wrote classical and orchestral pops arrangements for A Night of Opera and Couture at Zankel Hall, serving as music director and conductor in 2018.