 IAIN SCOTT
... is one of Canada's leading experts on OPERA.
His company "OPERA-IS" develops opera appreciation courses, opera tours and opera guides.
He is in great demand as a LECTURER on Opera (see his 2011-12 schedule here!)
In the USA he has lectured for Opera America, for Opera Guilds International, for the Wagner Society of America, for the New York Wagner Society, for the American Wagner Association, for the Wagner Society of Washington DC, for the Wagner Society of Ohio, for the Great Books Foundation, for Palm Beach Opera, for the Smithsonian Institution of Washington DC and also for the Chautauqua Institution.
In the Toronto area, he has given many lectures for the Guilds and friends of the Canadian Opera Company, for Opera Hamilton/Opera Ontario, for the Toronto Wagner Society, for the Mozart Society, etc - and has introduced over 90 "obscure" operas for Opera in Concert.
He is a frequent BROADCASTER on Opera.
For 25 years he was a regular guest quiz panellist and commentator on CBC Radio's "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera".
For eight seasons (1987 - 1995) he was a panellist on the "Texaco Opera Quiz" from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
He is a WRITER of magazine articles and program notes. See some recent articles. Iain lives in Toronto with his wife, Barbara.
Boards:
- He has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Opera Company, the Vancouver Opera Association, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, - and of Toronto's Opera-in-Concert, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the Toronto Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Awards Foundation, the St Lawrence Centre for the Arts, OPERA CANADA magazine, the Aldeburgh Connection Concert Society and as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the U-of-T's Opera School.
Other:
- Founder of "The Toronto Opera Club".
- Recipient of:
- the Government of Ontario's Volunteer Service Award (1990),
- the U of T's Outstanding Teacher Award (1992) and
- the U of T's Arbor Award for outstanding volunteer service (2000 & 2007).
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