About

John Marvin Scott is a music and sound scholar, music educator, guitarist, and improvising musician, currently residing on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Originally from Mihkwâpisimosos (Red Deer) on Treaty 6 Territory, John is now working alongside musicians across Western Canada, teaching and performing musical styles from around the globe. He is actively pursuing a Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia, under the direction of Dr. Michael Tenzer and Dr. Nathan Hesselink.