Oboist, vocalist, and composer SCOTT LITTLE holds a Bachelor's in Music Education from Kent State University.  His studies have included oboe with Danna Sundet, composition with Dr. Frank Wiley and Dr. Adam Roberts, and voice with Dr. Jay White and Amanda Powell.  Scott has also studied piano, cello, and jazz improvisation.  Scott student taught in instrumental music under Jennifer Culver in the Cuyahoga Falls School District.  Scott now works in the Brunswick City School District, where he teaches middle school band, choir, and orchestra.  He also serves as the assistant marching band director and director of the musical pit orchestra.

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Scott’s creative projects range from chamber music to full orchestra and chorus.  His works have been performed by ensembles such as the Black Squirrel Winds, the Cleveland Chamber Choir, and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony.  Scott continues to create and combines his composing and performing skills to produce entirely self-made content. 

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Scott actively performs in the Cleveland area as both an oboist and vocalist.  He is currently the principal oboist for The Cleveland Winds under Dr. Birch Browning, and he plays oboe and English horn in the Ekklésia Reed Quintet.  Scott sings as a Tenor in the Baldwin Wallace Community Men's Chorus under Dr. Frank Bianci.  Scott also maintains a small private oboe studio.

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"The Story of an Hour," Scott's 35-minute chamber opera, was premiered at Kent State University in 2018.  Written in collaboration with Cleveland author Tim Tibbitts, and based on the short story by Kate Chopin, the one-act opera tells of a 20th-century woman's fight to overcome her family, her society, and her health in her quest for autonomy.  Cleveland Classical's Daniel Hathaway (see here) praised the work as being "a signal achievement" for Scott, saying, "He has a natural feel for setting words, and writes purely instrumental music with an individual voice...to achieve attractively complex textures."

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Scott was the 2019 winner of the Winifred Collins Scholarship for Music Education as part of the annual Tuesday Musical Association Scholarship Composition in Akron, Ohio.

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In his free time, Scott enjoys listening to podcasts, watching Twitch streams, having long conversations with friends, and pushing the limits of how much peanut butter one human can consume.