{"title":"Fields, Scott","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 12px; float: left;\" alt=\"Scott Fields\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/FieldsSoloAcousticHiRes_240x240.jpg?v=1706732691\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Fields\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Chicago. As a teenager, he played guitar, sang, and wrote songs for rock and blues bands. Soon, he became interested in New Music and avant-garde jazz. His neighbourhood was home to the AACM, which incorporated Asian classical music, African tribal music, jazz, and European classical traditions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHearing this music changed Fields’ creative direction. At 17, he formed the loudest avant-jazz trio in Chicago, for which he played guitar, tenor and soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet, and percussion. The group appeared at rock venues and festivals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt 23, Fields stopped performing and moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he studied classical and jazz guitar and took classes in composition and music theory. During this period, Fields earned an electronics technician diploma, a BA in journalism and economics, and an MA in mass communication research. (His thesis was an experiment that tested how reading music criticism affects the way people listen to music.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1989 Fields returned to performance, touring throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a composer, Fields is best known for his modular compositions and for using text (such as Charles Bukowski poems and David Mamet or Samuel Beckett plays) as musical structures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn occasion Fields is commissioned to write for dance troupes, instrumentalists, and multi-media artists. Grants include awards from the Wisconsin Arts Board (research fellowship), the Dane County Cultural Commission, Madison CitiArts, and Arts Midwest. Fellowships have included the Omi Arts in New York State and the NAIRS Arts Residency in the Swiss Alps. He has been commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik, Beethoven 2020, the Milwaukee Improvisers Orchestra, Kanopy Dance, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, Douglas Rosenburg, Arno Oehri, the Köln Musiktriennale, the Brühl Haydn Festival, and Kunststiftung NRW.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewww.scottfields.com • scottfields@scottfields.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Photo by Helmut Hergarten)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fields-sense-upon-the-blackened-starfish","title":"Fields, Sense Upon the Blackened Starfish","description":"\u003ch2\u003eScott Fields,  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eSense Upon the Blackened Starfish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor flute and guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct: \u003c\/strong\u003eSelf-Print (PDF) or Print on Demand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e12 pages full score + 4 pages flute part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLevel: \u003c\/strong\u003eIntermediate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eISMN 979-0-706834-94-8\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder number:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eBE-231007\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BERGMANN EDITION","offers":[{"title":"Self-Print (PDF)","offer_id":47762605703512,"sku":"BE-231007","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Print on Demand","offer_id":47762605736280,"sku":"BE-231007p","price":15.63,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/Fields_SenseUpontheBlackenedStarfish-Fullscore_Page1_0.jpg?v=1706728370"},{"product_id":"fields-agiagiagi","title":"Fields, agiagiagi","description":"\u003ch2\u003eScott Fields, \u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eagiagiagi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor flute and guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct: \u003c\/strong\u003eSelf-Print (PDF) or Print on Demand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e16 pages full score + 8 pages flute part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLevel: Advanced\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eISMN 979-0-706843-90-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder number:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eBE-250429\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BERGMANN EDITION","offers":[{"title":"Self-Print (PDF)","offer_id":54789553881432,"sku":"BE-250429","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Print on Demand","offer_id":54789553914200,"sku":"BE-250429p","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/Fields_agiagiagi-Fullscore_Page1_0.jpg?v=1745842902"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/collections\/Scott2bearb.jpg?v=1706732802","url":"https:\/\/bergmann-edition.com\/en-jp\/collections\/fields-scott.oembed","provider":"BERGMANN EDITION","version":"1.0","type":"link"}