The Scott Cleveland Duo

SCOTT CLEVELAND SHORT BIO

Scott Cleveland is a composer/singer/pianist/music educator/church musician/writer.

He holds a B.M. in Music Education from Berklee College of Music, an M.M. in Music

Theory/Composition from UMassLowell and a M.Div. from Boston University School of

Theology. He has produced six independent solo albums: scottcleveland.bandcamp.com, and

performs original and reinterpreted Jazz/ R&B/ Blues/ Fusion/Rock as a solo pianist and singer

and in numerous ensembles, including The University of Maine Jazz Faculty ensemble.

He is on the Jazz Faculty at the University of Maine, teaching Elementary Harmony I and

II, Jazz Theory Fundamentals, Jazz improvisation privately and coaching Jazz combos. He

teaches songwriting and the improv clinic “Composing in Fast Motion” at Bagaduce Music

Subscribe to Scott’s blog “A Spacious Place: music/poetry/theology” and his podcast

“Theory Geeks” on scottcleveland.substack.com.