Kim Scown

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American tenor Kim Scown was born on May 13, 1951 in Garberville, California. He studied Voice/Opera and Vocal Pedagogy at the New England Conservatory. He was a Fellow at Tanglewood, and studied Voice there from 1975 to 1977. Kim Scown has worked as classical singer and teacher in New York. He has appeared in opera houses worldwide. In April 1976 he sang the role of Reverend Rowlandson in Paul Earls’ opera The Death of King Philip with the New England Chamber Opera Group Philip Morehead at All Saints Church, Brookline. In November 1978 he sang Maurice Ravel’s L'heure espagnole with the Concord Orchestra under Richard Pittman. In summer 2006 he sang Arnold Schönberg’s Gurrelieder with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine. He has also performed several times with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. Kim Scown sang the role of Second Attendant in John Harbison's opera Full Moon in March with Boston Musica Viva conducted by Richard Pittman (CRI, March 1979). He also recorded Schönberg's Gurrelieder with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa (Philips, 1979). In addition to singing, Kim Scown has worked as an independent Alternative Medicine Professional in New York. Since 1980 he is Sixth Degree practitioner of The Radiance Technique®, Authentic Reiki® (The registered service mark is held by TRTIA and not by Kim personally). He currently lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons B

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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder

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Charles Dodge: Cascando John Harbison: Full Moon in March

Gurrelieder

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