Jim Scott has made it his business to create music that celebrates the earth. With lyrical melodies and memorable verses, he invites all to get involved in the ideals he raises. Folk legend Pete Seeger called him “Some kind of a magician.” Long time guitarist for Paul Winter Consort, Jim was co-composer of their renowned Missa Gaia/Earth Mass. (Paul Winter said of his collaborator, “His music sings of the life spirit.”) Jim’s traveled the world, recorded 9 albums and published a guitar instruction book along with a growing catalog of choral music used by schools, churches and community choirs around the world.
He was one of the original creators of the Green Sanctuary program to make churches more eologically sustainable. Jim collected and arranged the Earth and Spirit Songbook, an anthology of 110 songs of earth and ecology from many contemporary composers. ( A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Berklee College of Music, Jim is an enthusiastic educator. ) He has been Artist-in-Residence or visiting faculty at colleges and led workshops in Improvisation, Guitar and Songwriting in schools and community centers.