If he makes it to the top 36, expect millions and millions of fans to be voting for Scott MacIntyre.
From his website via VFTW:
Scott Douglas MacIntyre began playing piano by ear at age 3, though he has been visually impaired since birth. Classically trained, he has been internationally profiled on CNN, Headline News, Sky News Europe, Global Television Network, USA Today, and national and local news, radio, and print media as pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has independently produced, engineered, and released 6 full-length CD’s and has written in genres spanning pop, rock, punk, jazz, and classical.
He has received numerous top prizes and awards for piano, composition, and vocal performance. Recent highlights include First Place in the prestigious Herberger Theater Center Young Artist Competition for outstanding vocal performance; First Place in the Fiesta Chorus of Sweet Adeline International Talent Search; First Place in the Butterfield Young Artist Concerto Competition (ten western U.S. states); Grand Prize Winner Phoenix Symphony Guild, First Place Senior Piano Concerto competition; and second place in the national finals of the Canadian Music Competitions.
He has performed as guest soloist with prominent symphony orchestras, as well as playing such major venues as the Orpheum Theater, Sundome, Phoenix Symphony Hall, and Gammage Auditorium for thousands in attendance. In May, he will appear in concert at the Kennedy Center as winner of the 2008 VSA Arts International Young Soloists Award.
Scott has been flown across North America and to Europe for performances including a performance and interview for the “Hour of Power” broadcast airing in 152 countries and 13 different languages, taped in front of a live audience of 4,000 in California. He performs extensively for conventions, churches, charities, and stadium athletic events (US Airways Center / Phoenix Suns, Chase Field / Diamondbacks). He thoroughly enjoys bringing his music to all audiences.
Scott has lived, performed, and studied in London, England where he obtained his masters degree in Performance Studies from the Royal College of Music and University of London. He was also accepted to both Oxford and Cambridge for further graduate-level research. After graduating from Arizona State University at age 19, Summa-Cum-Laude with a BM in Piano Performance, he was nominated by the College of Fine Arts as the “Outstanding Graduate.” Scott is the recipient of the coveted Marshall scholarship (worth over $120,000), Fulbright scholarship (to the UK), USAToday All-USA Academic First Team and is a Rhodes Finalist for Arizona.
In 2006, He was received in the White House by the First Lady as one of three national RFB&D scholarship winners. He previously studied on full scholarship at Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Universitat Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.
Other ambitions include computer programming and languages, skiing with a sighted guide, performing in live theatre and musicals including lead roles in “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” and “The Music Man.” He has participated in the YMCA “Youth in Government” program in elected positions of President of the Senate, Senate Majority Leader, and was honored to receive the “Outstanding First Year Senator” award at the Arizona State Capitol for excellence in debate.
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