Welcome to
Senior PACO
Important Dates
Concert 1:
Saturday Nov 2, 2024 - 7:30pm
with Scott Krijnen
Venue: Cubberley Theatre
Concert 2/Holiday Extravaganza:
Sunday Dec 8, 2024 - 3:00pm
with Scott Krijnen
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
Concert 3:
Saturday March 8, 2025 - 7:30pm
with Ben Simon
Venue: Cubberley Theatre
Concert 4:
Saturday May 17, 2025 – 2:00pm
with Scott Krijnen
Venue: Cubberley Theatre
Conductor Bio
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Scott Krijnen was raised in an environment of music, conducting and education. It is with great joy that he gets to continue to grow in these areas every day in his career and personal life. A recipient of a Master’s Degree in Cello Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he is a frequent performer as a chamber musician, with concerts throughout the Bay Area, as well as Europe, Taiwan and Korea, and as an orchestral player, including as a former member of the Silicon Valley Symphony and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Scott has appeared as a soloist with the Spokane Symphony, the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Silicon Valley Symphony, the Winchester Orchestra and the Coeur d’Alene Symphony. As a conductor, he is sought after throughout the Bay Area, currently leading the Cambrian Symphony, appearing as a recurring guest conductor with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, completing 9 years as Orchestra Director of the "Summer in the City" festival at San Jose State University, his 8th year as Musical Director of San Jose Dance Theatre and most recently a guest conductor of the Brasov Filharmonica in Romania. As an educator, Scott currently teaches over 200 students through 6 orchestras at Castillero Middle School and is in his 17th year of teaching. He has won many accolades including the 2020 Teacher of the Year at Castillero, Grammy Educator of the Year Quarter-Finalist 2020 and Belle Foundation Grant recipient as well as 2017 Bay Section Orchestra Director of the Year, 2016 CMEA Richard L. Levin Orchestra Educator Award and the 2016 CSN Bay Area All- Star Teacher Award, earning $20,000 to support the music program at Castillero.
Mr. Krijnen has strong connections throughout the Bay Area including coaching and guest conducting at Saratoga High School, leading sectionals and presenting at SJSU, filling in at Stanford and has coached and presented with PACO for the last 20 years. Scott is happily married to his wife of 20 years, Aryn, and is the father of two beautiful children who get to grow up in the same wonderful world of music as their father.
Scott Krijnen
