Scott Wheeler is an award-winning composer, conductor, pianist, teacher and writer on music. Best known for his operas and vocal music, he has also gained wide recognition as a composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber works, solo piano music and ballet.
Award-Winning Composer
Latest News & Updates

BMOP Radio
BMOP Retrospective
Scott is delighted to be featured this month in the BMOP radio season retrospective with City of Shadows from Season 16. Click the link below to listen in.

New World Records
Naga Album Release
Scott announces the release of his fifth album Naga, a fairy tale two-act opera set to a libretto by Singapore-born Cerise Lim Jacobs and creatively produced by Beth Morrison Projects.

Interview with Scott
Classical Post Feature
Conversation with David Salsbury Fry to mark the release of the recording of Naga by New World Records.


A Leading Composer of His Generation
Featured Works
Composer Scott Wheeler’s operas have been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera. the Guggenheim Foundation and White Snake Projects. His music has been performed by violinist Gil Shaham, conductor Kent Nagano, and singers Renee Fleming, Sanford Sylvan, and Susanna Phillips.
Featured Video
Composed By Scott Wheeler
Appealingly Modest, Witty, Elegant, and Tuneful
Projects in Development
In recent seasons, Scott has been developing projects with librettists, poets, playwrights, choreographers and visual artists. These include:


CRITICAL ACCLAIM
” The vocal lines are gleaming and utterly natural in their contours… The music brims with wit, freshness of voice, careful craftsmanship, and, in the end, an open-hearted beauty. It is, in other words, typical Scott Wheeler. “
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