Concert Division

Scott Wilson is the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Florida and has served as Musical Director for Universal Studios Japan, principal staff composer for Grand Link World in Qingdao, China, consultant for Walt Disney’s “Magic Music Days” jazz workshops, and has been a featured trumpet soloist for Tokyo Disney Sea, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and Universal Studios Japan. Wilson’s jazz textbooks, the Ultimate Jazz Tool Kit and Ultimate Music Workbook, are available through Kendall Hunt Publishing and accompanied by 35 jazz instructional videos that cover topics ranging from jazz theory to song writing.  His nationally available published online jazz education platforms include Jazz Fundamentals 1, Jazz Fundamentals 2, Jazz Aural Skills and Jazz History, and in 2012 Scott Wilson received the Technology Innovator Award from the University of Florida for his advancements in online delivery platforms.  As a producer, Wilson has composed and helped design dozens of international performance shows for Universal Studios Japan and he co-produced the “Earth Wind and Fire Tribute” album for the Sheldon Reynolds Project in Los Angeles. This album featured new interpretations of EWF’s timeless hits and showcased an all-star cast of Hall of Fame song writers and Grammy Artists including Maurice White who co-wrote the album’s opening track “Feel Good.”    At the University of Florida, Wilson developed the Jazz Minor, designed 10 new jazz courses and designed the Master in Music with Concentration in Jazz Studies. In 2011 Warburton Mouthpieces released the Scott Wilson model trumpet mouthpiece that is aimed at achieving a more supportive and functional trumpet mouthpiece for young trumpet players.   For the last decade Wilson has also served as the Committee Chairman for the JENerations Jazz Festival for the Jazz Education Network International Conferences.

Before arriving at the University of Florida, Wilson held the position of Director of Jazz Studies at Snow College in Utah where he helped design and host four Juilliard Summer Jazz Camps.  Wilson was then selected to host the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Jazz Camp at the University of Florida and this event culminated with a concert featuring the entire Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band from Los Angeles, California.  Along with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, Wilson co-developed the Hapco Jazz Camps in Orlando which have been running for over a decade and target inner city school students to provide them with scholarships and access to award winning professionals.  In collaboration with Hapco, Latin Grammy Winner Jose Valentino and Wycliffe Gordon, Wilson co-developed the International Jazz and Entrepreneurship camps to train aspiring musicians to maximize their careers and entrepreneurial ventures.

Scott Wilson received a Master Degree in Jazz Studies and a Master Degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas.  At the University of North Texas he taught courses in Jazz Theory and performed in the One O’Clock Lab Band and served as Adjunct Faculty.  Wilson was also selected as a Teaching Fellow in Jazz Arranging and scored several original big band compositions for the One O’clock Lab Band albums (Lab 1995, 1996, 1997).

In addition to his dynamic live and recorded performances on trumpet, Scott Wilson is regarded as one of the world’s foremost proponents of the electronic valve instrument (EVI). His numerous transcribed trumpet and EVI solos are available on video on his website.  On trumpet and EVI, Wilson has performed and worked with numerous legendary  jazz artists including Benny Green, Wayne Bergeron, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Coffin, Rashawn Ross, Conrad Herwig, Wycliffe Gordon, Shelly Berg, Roger Ingram, Steve Smith, Denis DeBlasio, Greg Bissonette, Brian Bromberg, John Beasley, Eric Miyashiro, Claudio Roditi, Sam Rivers, Terrell Stafford, Carl Allen, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, Bobby Shew, Slide Hampton, Dick Oats, Brandon Fields, Lew Soloff, Ron Blake, Ben Wolfe, Terreon Gully, Geoffrey Keezer, Jeremy Pelt, John Pizzarelli, Chris Slade, Ed Shaughnessy, Robby Ameen, Alex Acuna, Dan Haerle, Neil Slater, Corey Christiansen, Ted Rosenthal and Fred Hamilton.