Dr. Scott Tignor
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),
and University of North Texas (DMA in tuba performance). 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.