Hailed for his “flawless playing and collaborative spirit” (Journal of Singing), Scott Crowne enjoys a diverse and active career as a pianist, conductor, coach, and teacher. In the realm of opera, he is in high demand as a coach and music director. He has served as the artistic director and principal conductor of Opera Susquehanna in Pennsylvania, the Hub Opera Ensemble in Maryland and the American Singer’s Opera Project in North Carolina. As a coach, he has worked for such institutions as Bel Canto in Tuscany (Florence). the Mediterranean Opera Studio (Sicily), the Middlebury German for Singers Program, the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater (San Francisco), the University of Miami Festival in Salzburg, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Brevard Music Center.

He finds great fulfillment as a teacher for young musicians as well. As professor of collaborative piano at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he performs with faculty, guests, and students on a regular basis. In addition, he serves as the music director for the opera workshop program and frequently the college musical theater productions as well. Off campus he coaches vocal students at the Peabody Conservatory. For several years he served as music director for the undergraduate opera workshop and taught graduate vocal literature classes at the University of Maryland, College Park. Additionally, he spent many summers working with high school students for the Washington National Opera’s Family Opera and Opera Institute.

As a pianist, he is praised for his sensitive and supportive collaboration with singers and instrumentalists. He performs in Europe and across the United States many times a year in addition to frequent concerts in the Mid-Atlantic region. Venues include Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, the Palais am Stadthaus Potsdam, the Staatstheater Cottbus, the Leopoldskron in Salzburg, the Teatro Eschillo in Sicily, and St. Paul’s at Covent Garden in London.

Complimenting his love of performance, he is also an inquisitive researcher. He enjoys searching out unusual and interesting music to enrich the standard recital repertoire. His particular interest is in the music of Herbert Howells (1892-1983), on whom he did his dissertation and published an edition of art songs for Novello and Co.

He received his BMus summa cum laude at the Catholic University of America, where studied piano and composition. He spent three years as a répétiteur with the Maryland Opera Studio, assisting with the preparation and performance of operas and opera scenes while earning his higher degrees. He has served as pianist for masterclasses by Deborah Polaski, Jennifer Laramore, Evelyn Lear, Marcello Giordani, Jerry Hadley, Carole Farley, and Maria Russo; he has worked with conductors such as Matthias Kuntzsch, Christoph Hagel, Asher Fisch, Ken Slowick and Kenneth Merrill. His teachers include Rita Sloan, John Greer, James Litzelman, and Wendy Dengler.