MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
South Asian Studies Council

Stan Scott

South Asian Studies Council
Academic Year: 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11

Stan Scott holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. Along with research interests that include the vocal music of North India, Bengali folk song, Irish traditional music, American folk music, and musical transmission and pedagogy, Stan is also accomplished as a vocalist and on the Indian harmonium, tabla, five-string banjo, and guitar. Stan’s dissertation is titled “Power and Delight: Vocal Training in North Indian Classical Music”. He will be a visiting faculty member with the Council in Spring 2012, when he will offer the course Indian Musical Traditions.