Mark Scott

Minister of Music and Organist

Mark Scott was a Nordan Fine Arts Scholar at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth where he earned two degrees: Organ Performance (1975) and Church Music (1975). He has done additional study at the Royal School of Church Music (England). His organ study has been with Lydia Grey, Madeline Henshaw and at TCU, with Emmet G. Smith. Choral studies at TCU were with B. R. Henson and Caro Carapeytan and private voice study with Desire Ligeti. He was elected to Pi Kappa Lambda in 1974.

Since 1975, Mark Scott has been the Minister of Music and Organist at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church where he is solely responsible for administration, teaching, conducting and accompanying a comprehensive music program including children’s, youth, handbell and adult choirs. He is also the founder/administrator of the St. Stephen Special Series, presenting ten to fifteen events each season including organ recitals, choral concerts, instrumental concerts and jazz concerts. In 1993, Scott oversaw the rebuilding of the sanctuary organ. In 2000, Mr. Scott was granted a sabbatical leave for the purpose of studying plainsong which he spent in America, Gt. Britain and France, culminating in a three-week stay at the Abbaye Saint-Pierre in Solesmes, France. He has been the organ clinician at the annual Mo Ranch Music Conference. He has been chairman of the board as well as a guest conductor for the Schola Cantorum of Texas and was on the selection committee that chose current conductor; and was the interim conductor of the Arlington Choral Society for one season. Professional memberships include American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, American Guild of Organists, The Organ Club (Great Britain), Presbyterian Association of Musicians, and PALT, a theological study group. Mr. Scott is chairman of the board of the Kinderplatz of Fine Arts, a Ft. Worth school focused on learning through the arts.