Scott Schilling is a Section Violist with the DPO since 2001. He began playing the viola at age 12 and decided to pursue an education in music, earning a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Furman University in 2000 and both a Master of Music and Doctoral Degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in Viola Performance in 2002 and 2009, respectively.
He is a substitute Violist with the Cincinnati Symphony and a private instructor of both violin and viola in the Cincinnati area. Scott also teaches at Furman’s annual one-week summer Band and Orchestra Camp.
Scott and his husband, Roger Zutterling, love to travel, especially to Florida, Costa Rica, and Yellowstone National Park.