Scott Irvine is a Toronto-based tuba player and composer. While still a student at the University of Toronto, Scott began his performing career by playing in Dixieland bands and theatre orchestras. In 1984, he joined the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, a position he continues to hold today, and he is also a founding member of the renowned True North Brass. Scotthas played inthe E flat tuba section of the Hannaford Street Silver Band for many years,and is principal tuba of the Esprit Orchestra. He is also a first call musician in the Toronto recording studios, where he has recorded numerous jingles, albums, and film scores. Of particular note was his workon Sharon, Lois and Bram's Elephant Show, where he provided the musical voice for Elephant! Highly committed to music of our time, Scott has commissioned or influenced works by a number of Canadian composers, including Gary Kulesha, Oskar Morawetz, John Weinzweig and many others.

In 1978, Scott began composition lessons with Dr. Samuel Dolin at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and since that time has developed a parallel career as a composer and arranger. He has received commissioning grants from the Ontario Arts Council, the Laidlaw Foundation and the CBC, and is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. Many of his works and arrangements have been recorded for commercial release on a variety of record labels and have been performed by a number of artists, including True North Brass, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, Joan Watson, Jack Grunsky, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, and chamber groups from the renowned Berlin Philharmonic.