Laurie Scott is Assistant Professor of Music Education at The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, she serves as the director of The University of Texas String Project. Previous to this appointment, Dr. Scott served as professor of violin and viola and director of music education studies at Southwestern Unviersity in Georgetown, Texas. Dr. Scott is co-director of the Armadillo Suzuki Organization, the Austin Metropolitan Suzuki School, and the Texas Suzuki Tour Group. She holds a master's degree in applied violin from the University of Nebraska , and a bachelor's degree in music education from the State University of New York at Fredonia. She received her Ph.D in Music Education from the University of Texas. Before moving to Texas in 1981, Dr. Scott taught in rural string programs in Nebraska and performed with the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies and the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra. After arriving in Texas Dr. Scott became actively involved in string education. As a music educator in Texas, Dr. Scott has served as an officer of the Texas chapter of the American String Teacher's Association, taught for eight years for the Austin ISD at Lamar Middle School and McCallum High School, was co-conductor of the Austin Youth Symphony, and served as Region XVIII College Division Chair for the Texas Music Educators Association. Additionally, from 1995-2002 Dr. Scott served as guest lecturer in string pedagogy and music education at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Scott was co-editor of the public school column in the American Suzuki Journal and was named chairman of the Suzuki in the Public School division of the 1998 International Teacher's Conference. She performs with the Austin Symphony, Austin Lyric Opera and Ballet Austin Orchestras. In 1990 Dr. Scott was named Woman of the Year in the Arts for the City of Austin. She is a guest clinician and conductor at state and national conventions speaking on string pedagogy, public school music education, orchestral bowing techniques and character development through the arts. Her articles have appeared in The American String Teacher, The American Suzuki Journal, and The Journal of Research in Music Education.