Scott Tignor, Director of Bands

Scott Tignor was born in Charleston, WV on July 17, 1973. He holds degrees from Tennessee Technological University (BM in Music Education) and Arkansas State University (MM in Music Composition). He is currently (A.B.D.) completing a Doctor of Musical Arts in tuba performance at the University of North Texas. He attended Interlochen Arts Camp as the West Virginia Governor's Scholar. Currently he is the Director of Bands at Ritchie County High School. Mr. Tignor previously taught band in the Mineral Wells ISD in Mineral Wells, Texas.

Mr. Tignor has performed throughout the United States, and has performed in ensembles such as the North Texas Wind Symphony, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and Northeast Arkansas Symphony Orchestras. He has severed as principal tubist with Midland/Odessa Symphony and Chorale, Garland Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, and New Symphony of Arlington. Mr. Tignor was the winner of the 1998 Brass Category, Northeast Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Concerto Contest and a finalist for the 2003 Texas Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference Tuba Artist Solo Competition. He has also participated in recordings with the North Texas Wind Symphony, 2 O'Clock Lab Band and the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble. At the 2002 International Tuba Euphonium Conference, he presented a lecture recital on "The Use of Real-Time Synthesis in the Music of Euphoniums and Tubas". By commissioning and premiering several new works, he is actively generating new works for tuba.

His former teachers have included such artist as Brian Bowman, William Holmes, R. Winston Morris, Don Little, and Jerry Young. Mr. Tignor has additionally studied composition with Robert Jager, Charles Rochester Young, Jared Spears, and Cindy McTee. He was honored to have his first major premiere at the Eastern National Tuba/Euphonium Conference. His Enchanted Circus was premiered on the New Music Recital at the National MENC Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. As well, his compositions have been performed at the National MENC Conference, Eastern National Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Arkansas MENC Conference, and Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Conference. Cimarron Music Publications and PerMus Publication are Scott Tignor's publishers.

Contact:
stignor@access.k12.wv.us
w: (304) 869-3526