Julie Scott is Assistant Professor in Music Education at Southern Methodist University.  She recently completed a Ph.D. at the Eastman School of Music, where she was Assistant Professor of Music Education for one year.  Prior to teaching at the collegiate level, Dr. Scott taught elementary music in Texas schools for 17 years.  She has been a director of children's choirs in both school and church settings, currently as director of the Lewisville ISD 5th Grade Honor Choir, which was selected as one of two elementary choirs to perform at the Texas Music Educators Conference in 2004.   Previously, Dr. Scott served as the children's choir director at First United Methodist Church, Dallas and as director of the Mesquite All-City Girls Choir.   Her choirs have been featured on two recordings for Choristers Guild, and she is the author of the Early Childhood Year 3 Stepping Stones children’s choir curriculum, which is published by Choristers Guild.

Dr. Scott is Coordinator of Summer Music Educators Workshops at SMU and also is Director of the Center for Contemporary Studies in music at the University of North Texas.   Additionally, Dr. Scott is president of the National Board of Trustees of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA).  She has taught summer Orff Schulwerk courses to adults at six universities, and has presented workshops for MENC, AOSA, OAKE and to numerous state MEAs, school districts and Orff chapters throughout the US.  Dr. Scott has presented sessions internationally at conferences in Italy (ISME), Thailand (CMS) and Australia (IKS.  This summer she will present two sessions in Beijing, China at the international conference of the International Society for Music Education.