Dr. McCormick is in his sixth year of teaching with the Fairfax County Public school system and returns for his fourth season at Langley High School. He is also the director of the summer orchestral program at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music Before joining the music department at LHS, Dr. McCormick served on the string faculty of the University of Alabama where he was a Visiting Professor of Viola and Principal Violist of the Tuscaloosa Symphony. He completed his masters and doctoral degrees in Music Performance & Literature at Indiana University, Bloomington. He was also a member of the Temere String Quartet, first place winners of the chamber music division of the Canadian Music Competitions.

Dr. McCormick is a contributor to new research in the historical performance practice of music of baroque era. He specializes in the performance of the viola d’amore, an unusual baroque instrument with sympathetic strings. An excerpt of his doctoral thesis “Pur al fin Gentil Viola” was published in the Newsletter of the Viola d’Amore Society of America. One of his performances, from the National Gallery in Ottawa with members of the Canadian group Tafelmusik, was broadcast nationally by CBC radio. He was also featured by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra in a double concerto with award-winning lutinist Paul O’Dette. He has also performed as a viola d’amore soloist with the Richmond Symphony, with the Penn State University Baroque Orchestra, and for the annual National Cathedral performance of Bach’s St. John Passion.

	Upcoming Appearances Sunday, November 11, 2007 Brandenburg Concerto Harmon Center for the Arts Friday, December 07, 2007 Christmas Oratorios Strathmore Hall Friday, January 18, 2008 Violin & Harpsichord Concertos Harmon Center for the Arts Saturday, March 29, 2008 Many Moods of Bach Harmon Center for the Arts Thursday, May 08, 2008 St. Matthew Passon Strathmore Hall				In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. McCormick maintains an active concert schedule. He has led the viola sections of some of the most critically acclaimed baroque ensembles in the Washington Metropolitan area. These include the Washington Bach Consort, Opera Lafayette, and the Folger Consort at the National Shakespeare Library. He has performed with the International Ballet at the Kennedy Center, with the Three Irish Tenors, and with the Wolftrap Summer Opera program He is also a core member of a chamber group Ensemble Elan which performs at dozens of weddings and receptions in the Metropolitan area each year.
					In 2004, Dr. McCormick and his wife Rebekah founded Second Fiddle Farm in Fauquier County where they raise and train sport ponies.  The farm is home to the following spoiled animals: two ponies, Equinox and Matilda, matching barn cats Keith and Hugh, and farm mascot Hoser the yellow Labrador retriever.
					Dr. McCormick scott.mccormick@fcps.edu (703) 237-2967