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Amanta Scott
Director @ Leading Tone Arts Productions
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Director
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2000 - 2005
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A syncretic art installation integrating the dramatic assembly of a phoenix sound sculpture with exciting percussion music played upon found objects, haunting vocalizations and movement.
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1996 - 1998
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A syncretic art installation for two performers integrating voice, percussion, movement and performance with two dragon sound sculptures: an eastern dragon and a western dragon.
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1992 - 1996
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Voice, Percussion and Movement:
for performances with sound sculpture
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Conceived and created by Amanta Scott in 1992, Virago Project explored the Concise Oxford Dictionary's definition of "Virago" as "a bold, boisterous warrior woman wandering under three names: Selene, Artemis, Persephone". The Virago Project featured four Goddess Sound Sculptures, archetypal images of the multi-dimensional female.
Evolving over several years, Virago Project underwent numerous incarnations, fascinated audiences of all ages and was presented in over 25 Toronto venues including: Art Gallery of Ontario, BCE Place, CBC Barbara Frum Atrium, the Music Gallery, Theatre Passe Muraille, ArtWord Theatre and Tarragon Theatre. Virago Project was sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council, City of York Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Metro Arts Council, M.M Webb Foundation, and The Imperial Oil Charitable Foundation. La Châine TV produced a video documentary on Virago Project which was broadcast internationally.
(see also Virago Project; Composer; Performer; Costume Design; Syncretic Art)
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1995
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Music Director
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The Beggars' Nativity
a musical
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Musical Director & Keyboards:
Kensington Carnival Theatre
(see also Composer & Musician)
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1988
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Musical Director, Keyboards & Harp:
Spotlight Theatre
(see also Musician)
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Choral Director
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1992 - 2004
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Choral Director,
Organist, Pianist
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freelance Choral Director, organist
Oakwood United Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Leaside Presbyterian Church
Silverthorn United Church
Glebe Road United Church
Morningside High Park Presbyterian Church
Manor Road United Church
(see also Musician)
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Workshop Director/ Guest Artist
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2004/5
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Claude Watson School of Arts: four-month workshop for 35 dance students
integrating found objects, music and dance
culminating in public performance entitled Resonating Waters
(see also Resonating Waters Workshop; Educator)
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2004
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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St. Ignatius High School, Thunder Bay, Ontario:
graphic notation; integrating movement, art and music for 40 students |
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2001
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Guang Fu School, Ilan County, Taiwan:
graphic notation integrating music and art for 200 students
(see also Workshops) |
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Dunsford District Elementary School
graphic notation; integrating movement, art and music for 40 students
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DoorWays 2001
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Director - intergenerational arts project for "youth-at-risk" and seniors:
five month arts program; City of Kawartha Lakes
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2000
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DoorWays 2000
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Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, Guest Director
two-week arts program for 35 college level students,
culminating in public performances with found-object sound sculptures
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1998
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Edmonton Art Gallery
twice daily workshops for schools groups: grades 1 - 12 |
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Cadarackque Public School, Ajax, Ontario
integrating movement, art and music and graphic notation: for 40 students |
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1996
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Gaggle Goes to Canada
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Bayview Hill Elementary School, for Canadian Opera Company:
Create an Opera in the Schools program
(see also Gaggle Goes to Canada Workshop; Director) |
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Hino Hara Mura Shogakko, Japan
introduction to integrating music and performance with found object soundsculpture |
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Kaiping High School: Taipei, Taiwan
introduction to integrating music and performance with found object soundsculpture |
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1993 - 1995
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Music Meditations in Motion
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Open both to students and the public, this course, entitled Music Meditations in Motion, encouraged participants to explore a wide range of guided and intuitive physical movements in response to live improvised piano and percussion music by Amanta Scott.
The music took participants through a spectrum of moods: from quiet solitudes to earthy tribal rhythms and chanting; and through passionate outpourings to ethereal meditations. This course was extremely popular with working professionals, specifically psychotherapists and doctors.
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1994
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Syncretic Art Workshop
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Guest Artist/ Director: Central Technical School, Art Centre
six-month arts project
culminating in public exhibition with performances upon found object sound sculptures
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© 2000 - 2006 Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc.
Revised: Fri, Jan 27, 2006
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