Meet Scott Ordway

Scott Ordway (b. 1984, California) is a composer and multimedia artist whose widely acclaimed work spans music, text, photography, and film. His compositions have been described as “exquisite” (New York Times), “hypnotic” (BBC), and “a marvel” (Philadelphia Inquirer), and presented at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, Stanford Live, and major festivals in the US, Europe, and Asia. His recent projects increasingly integrate live electronics and solo performance, including his ongoing project Public Ceremony, which explores ritual, repetition, and ecstatic sound through solo and collaborative work. Hailed as “an American response to Sibelius” by the Boston Globe, his music has been performed by the Hong Kong, Buffalo, and Colorado Springs Philharmonics; Tucson Symphony; vocal ensembles Roomful of Teeth, Lorelei, and The Thirteen; and soloists including Sasha Cooke, Arlen Hlusko, Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, Sonja Tengblad, and Emily Marvosh, among many others. His chamber music collaborations include SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Tanglewood New Fromm Players, Norbotten NEO (Sweden), and the Jasper, Momenta, Daedalus, and Arneis String Quartets. Based in Philadelphia, he serves as Head of Music Composition at Rutgers University.