{"id":4573,"date":"2020-01-31T18:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/?post_type=people&#038;p=4573"},"modified":"2024-05-16T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:40:24","slug":"benjamin-scott","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Benjamin Scott joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and maintains a lively chamber music career in Washington, DC.\u00a0 He has served as guest concertmaster of the New Orchestra of Washington and in acting title positions with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and National Philharmonic.\u00a0 A frequent substitute with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Verbier, Aspen, and Pacific Music Festival orchestras, Ben has performed for audiences on three continents.\u00a0 You might have heard him in promo music for the Super Bowl or seen him on stage with Aretha Franklin, Ne-Yo, Ben Folds, Chris Thile, or William Shatner.\u00a0 A recent release from the NSO earned a nomination for the 2023 <i>Gramophone<\/i> Orchestra of the Year.\u00a0 Ben also appears on Grammy-nominated orchestral recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon and Reference Recording labels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Ben values the many ways that music has a positive effect on the community.\u00a0 He is a regular musician for NSO In Your Neighborhood and Sound Health initiatives as well as other organizations with missions of inclusivity.\u00a0 For years, Ben volunteered with Musicians on Call, and he can often be found introducing new audiences to live string quartet music at Candlelight Concerts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">As a small-business owner and the craftsman behind Atelier Benno, Ben keeps busy designing and creating high quality leather goods by hand.\u00a0 He also loves exploring new corners of the world, learning to cook different cuisines, bothering his cat, and bringing new life to his 1780 Giuseppe Guadagnini violin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4574,"template":"","class_list":["post-4573","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"instrument_department":"Violin","sun_valley_title":"","home_organization_title":"National Symphony Orchestra ","performance_dates":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benjamin Scott joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and maintains a lively chamber music career in Washington, DC.\u00a0 He has served as guest concertmaster of the New Orchestra of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sun Valley Music Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T20:40:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/\",\"name\":\"Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-31T18:24:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-16T20:40:24+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/people\\\/benjamin-scott\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg\",\"width\":458,\"height\":458,\"caption\":\"Benjamin Scott\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sun Valley Music Festival\",\"description\":\"Instilling a lifelong love of classical music\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.svmusicfestival.org\\\/staging\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival","og_description":"Benjamin Scott joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and maintains a lively chamber music career in Washington, DC.\u00a0 He has served as guest concertmaster of the New Orchestra of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/","og_site_name":"Sun Valley Music Festival","article_modified_time":"2024-05-16T20:40:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":458,"height":458,"url":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/","url":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/","name":"Benjamin Scott - Sun Valley Music Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-31T18:24:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-16T20:40:24+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/people\/benjamin-scott\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/benjamin-scott-458.jpg","width":458,"height":458,"caption":"Benjamin Scott"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/","name":"Sun Valley Music Festival","description":"Instilling a lifelong love of classical music","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/4573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.svmusicfestival.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}