Conductor Scott
Allen Jarrett was recently lauded by the Boston Globe as “the most
promising young figure to emerge on the local choral scene.”
A native of Virginia,
Jarrett came to Boston in 1997 to pursue graduate degrees at Boston
University, where he received his
doctorate in conducting. Jarrett serves as Director of Music, Chapel
Organist and Choirmaster at Boston University’s
Marsh Chapel. Also at Boston University, his appointment includes adjunct faculty
posts in both the School of Theology as a Lecturer in the Practice of Sacred Music
and in the College
of Fine Arts as
Teaching Associate in Choral Conducting. As Director of Music at
Marsh Chapel, Jarrett leads the Chapel Choir and Collegium in weekly
worship services broadcast on the internet and National Public
Radio. Recent seasons of Music at Marsh Chapel have included Bach’s
Magnificat, Easter and
Ascension Oratorios, St. John
Passion, Handel’s Saul, the Faure Requiem, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.
This fall,
Jarrett will begin his fourth season as Music Director and Conductor
of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, the resident chorus of the
Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina. This season Jarrett will lead
the chorus and orchestra in semi-staged performances of Handel’s
Saul, in addition to works
by Bach and Mendelssohn, and chorus preparation for Orff’s
Carmina Burana. In recent seasons with the Charlotte Symphony,
Jarrett led performances of Brahms’
Schicksalslied, Schumann’s
Nachtlied, Messiah,
Barber’s Prayers of
Kierkegaard, and Mozart Violin Concerto No 4. Each year, Jarrett
leads the Oratorio Singers Chamber Chorus in performance at the
annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC.
After guest
conducting the 30th Anniversary Concert, Jarrett was named the fifth
music director of the Back Bay Chorale in
Boston. The performance of Handel’s
Judas
Maccabaeus garnered
critical acclaim from the Boston Globe: “Judas
Maccabaeus was a great
success, and Jarrett established himself as the most promising young
figure to emerge on the local choral scene… This was Jarrett’s night
– he’s tasteful and talented, someone to keep our eyes and ears on.”
Recent seasons included performances of Schumann’s
Das Paradies und die Peri,
the St Matthew Passion of Bach, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, and
the Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Highlights
of the current season are Haydn’s
‘Lord Nelson’ Mass and
Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
For eight
summers, Jarrett served as the Assistant Conductor of Choirs at the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute where he assisted Dr. Ann
Howard Jones. Also at Tanglewood, Jarrett taught advanced music
theory and history to the students in the Young Artist Vocal
Program. In August each year, Jarrett serves as Resident Conductor
for New Hampshire’s White
Mountain Musical Arts Bach Festival, leading the festival’s
orchestra and chorus in performances of the great orchestral and
choral masterworks of Bach.
As a pianist,
Jarrett frequently serves as rehearsal pianist and assistant for Ann
Howard Jones. He also accompanied rehearsals for the late Robert
Shaw during his Boston visits. As the
rehearsal pianist for the Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop, Jarrett
played rehearsals for Charles Dutoit. As a baritone, Jarrett has
been a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Boston Bach
Ensemble, and Schola Cantorum of Boston. He is also a proud
alumnus of Furman
University.