Scott McAllister (born 1969) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and

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ist. Born in

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, McAllister received a DMA from

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. He is particularly noted for his pieces featuring clarinet, including ''Black Dog'' (based on hard rock, particularly the music of

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), ''X Concerto'', and ''Freebirds''. McAllister currently teaches at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

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