Tim Scott began playing the cello
in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the H.S. of Music and Art, and enjoyed summers at Tanglewood, Meadowmount and at master classes in Portugal. During this time he studied with Maurice Eisenberg with whom he continued while attending Juilliard and Sarah Lawrence College. Later Tim became the cellist for singer/songwriter Harry Chapin and toured as a rock musician for two years. He then moved to Portland to join the Oregon Symphony, where he has been a member of the cello section for thirty years.
In about 1980 Tim began to study baroque cello and viola da gamba, the latter with Eva Heinitz and in master classes with Wieland Kuijken. Tim has performed in chamber music concerts around the Pacific Northwest, playing the viol solos in the Bach passions, and performing on cello and gamba with Chamber Music Northwest, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Tutti Bassi, and as soloist with the Oregon Symphony.
Tim teaches viola da gamba at Reed College in Portland, where he is also a frequent performer. He has taught at one of the annual conclaves of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and has given workshops in Portland, Eugene and Seattle. His current interests include Marais, Forqueray and lyra viol music. Tim plays a seven string bass viol made by Jesse Wells of Portland.
