R. Scott Alexander was born in Tennessee in 1961 where he began piano at the age of 4. He received his Bachelors in oboe performance with minors in voice and musical composition from Murray State University, Kentucky, in 1985.

He was hired as English Horn Soloist/2nd oboist with The United States Navy Band, Washington DC and served for 24 years as a prominent woodwind soloist, keyboard specialist, and occasional vocalist. He retired from the Navy in May 2009 and relocated to Oregon where he now resides in Albany. Scott still performs on piano, flute, recorders, celtic lever harp, and is a clarinetist in The Salem Symphonic Winds in Salem Oregon in which he also played Pipe Organ.