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Dr. Scott Giles

Composer, Conductor, Writer and Artist

About Me

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I was born inside of music

and I compose my way out
into the tactile world.
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Scott Giles is a composer and conductor who has written symphonies, concerti, string quartets, two operas and sonatas for numerous instruments as well as a host of other Classical, Jazz, and ethnic works. He was director of The August Ensemble for six years where, along with his own music he performed the great works of the classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Bartok, Ravel and others.
Dr. Giles also claims the great and rare honour of having a plaster bust (yes, plain white plaster, not even spray-painted gold) of himself in a music conservatory in Egypt. He has no idea why or how that occurred. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Scott has PhDs in Music Composition and History as well as other degrees in Psychology, Canadian Studies, Journalism and Communications. He doesn't remember how all of that came about (particularly that Canadian Studies thing!) He plays the violin, viola, cello, clarinets and saxophones and the piano. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++He plans to write music for the movies and is at present setting up his studio. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Scott Giles is also an artist (see pics), published writer and poet and is currently engaged in several projects. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Scott Giles is also the kind of guy who likes to write about himself in the 3rd person...
...it's just a thing he does.
And here is a link you can CLICK on for some of my more or less interesting thoughts:
Essays

And here is where you can hear more of my music:

Dr.Scott Giles Other Site


All music, images & web content are published & copyright © 2007 Scott Giles. All rights reserved.

My Interests

Composing music, Writing, Film, Photography, Teaching, Playing Piano, Strings and Clarinet, Chess, Painting, Drawing, Literature, Language, Religion, Philosophy, Archeology, History, Military History, Arabic and Chinese Calligraphy, Mathematics, Science, Aerospace, UFOlogy, Astronomy, my hometown of Monroe MI, the history of the Sacramento Valley, Paranormal Sciences, Architecture, Futurism. Advancing Our Culture. ...I'D RATHER WORK THAN RELAX...

I'd like to meet:

John Williams, George Lucas, Mistislav Rostropovich, Zubin Mehta, William Shatner, Amy Sedaris, John Gulager, Clu Gulager, Dorothy C. Fontana, Sofia Coppola, Martin Sheen, Peter Boyle (I would have loved to meet him, at any rate), Gillian Anderson, Kevin Spacey, H.R. Giger, Robert Downey,jr., Nicolas Cage, James Spader, John Waters, David Carradine, Veronica Cartwright, Huell Howser, Camille Paglia, Stanton Freidman(UFOlogist).

S A T O R
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Music:

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PIECES THAT HAVE MOST INFLUENCED MY WORK - Sibelius: Symphony 4; Bruckner: Symphony 5 and 9; Ravel: Alborada Del Gracioso; Scriabin: White Mass; Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Mahler: Symphony 1 and 9; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; George Gershwin: Concerto In F; The Doors: Break on Through; Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here; and just about anything by Bach, Beethoven, Philip Glass, Jerry Goldsmith, Charlie Parker, Kurt Weill, Bela Bartok and Bernard Herrmann. Oh, and John Williams.

Movies:

Star Wars, Casablanca, Apocalypse Now, Alien, The Thin Man movies (I want to be William Powell when I grow up), Metropolis, Pulp Fiction, The Wind and the Lyon, Star Trek 6, Now Voyager, Kill Bill, Inserts, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Soylent Green, Alien Apocalypse (I'm not kidding! I really enjoyed this made-for-TV movie and ya gotta' love the title!),The Great Dictator, Modern Times, The Puppy's Great Adventure, anything Akira Kurosawa, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Planet of the Apes (1968), 2001 A Space Odyssey, Evolution, Chaplin, Pandora's Box, The Wind(1928), Once at a Border: The Life of Igor Stravinsky, Jaws.

Television:

X Files, House, Monk, Sopranos, Myth Busters, Dr. Who, anything Star Trek, Cosmos, Colbert Report (pronounced RAY-POR, please!), California's Gold and Huell Howser's other shows glorifying The California Republic (the greatest nation in the WORLD!), UFO Connection...

Books:

War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells), Moby Dick (Herman Melville), Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad), A Farewell To Arms (Ernest Hemmingway), The Meditations of Marcus Aurilius (Marcus Aurilius), Ordeal and Triumph (Ladislas Fargo), The Art of Quartet Playing - The Gueneri Quartet in Coversation With Robert Blum, Theory of Harmony (Arnold Schoenberg). Favourite Science Fiction Writers: Issac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury.


You're Catch-22!
by Joseph Heller
Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you see. It seems that life has put you in perpetually untenable situations, and your sense of humor is all that gets you through them. These experiences have also made you an ardent pacifist, though you present your message with tongue sewn into cheek. You could coin a phrase that replaces the word "paradox" for millions of people.
Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid .

Heroes:

Hector Berlioz, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, St.Francis of Assisi, General George S. Patton, Charlie Parker, Yukio Mishima, Marcus Aurilius.

My Blog

Crocus

by Scott Marcus Anthony Giles[a poem in Latin]Crocus. Argentum virus cado in meus caput capitis. Gelu. Ferreus. Refragatio est futile. Gelu puteulanus divum. Crocus sol solis. Volo ut concubi...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:24:00 PST

Happy!Hamster Merry_Go_Round

Here's a happy little thing: Hamster Merry_Go_Round Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:23:00 PST

Cute, cute, cute!: The Cat Diaries Episode 10

Happiness with Fur: The Cat Diaries Episode 10 Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:16:00 PST

Just Because I Love Star Trek: STAR TREK FIRST CONTACT BORG ATTACK

STAR TREK FIRST CONTACT BORG ATTACK Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:36:00 PST

I am the Revolution

I'm walking down the cracked sidewalkThinking primal thoughts clothed in civilized garbAnd I see a man coming my way.I looked around and only then I noticedMe and this Dude are the only guys on the st...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Sun, 06 May 2007 09:09:00 PST

Hostages Need iPods

Hostages Need iPods By Scott GilesMetaphors are sometimes apt but often tiresome. And when the subject matter is dire then metaphors can appear almost glib, disenfranchising and disrespectful. I say d...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:19:00 PST

SOMETHING TERRIBLE

If you like animals even a little please take a few moments to help us by clicking the small link at the bottom. Also, please repost this.The annual seal hunt begins this week in Canada.Every year mor...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:27:00 PST

Beginning of the end of America

Beginning of the end of America
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:14:00 PST

Modern Friendship - A Social Commentary - By Gabriella

Essay On Modern Friendshipby Gabriella Wilken-Ranellone In the past few years I have become aware of a societal trend that I find disturbing. Our lives have become defined by countless new-fangled...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:03:00 PST

But Still the Thames Moves

But still the Thames moves. I wait for the Thames. Sleeping watery Gems Secret selection slipping upstream Political poisonous fangs like a Triumphant devil dog. And all around, the fog, Sp...
Posted by Dr. Scott Giles on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST