Scott Agster is an active teacher, composer, arranger, and freelance musician in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area. He currently performs as a full time member of several bands in diverse commercial genres including Jazz Quintet (Snowblind), Salsa (Salsa Del Soul), New Orleans brass band (Jack Brass Band), Hip-Hop (G8), and Big Band (Bella Gala Big Band). He has had the opportunity to perform and work with many acclaimed artists and groups such as Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Dave Douglas, Phil Woods, Nicholas Payton, Stefan Karlsson, Slide Hampton, The One O'Clock Lab Band, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Phil Hey, Dave Graf, Jazz MN Big Band and Paul McKee. Scott has also performed internationally at venues such as the 2007 Durham Brass Festival, 2006 North Sea Jazz Festival, the 2005 Iwawa Jazz Festival and Sopot/Gdansk Festival in Poland, the King's Palace in Thailand (2004), the 2004 Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the 2003 International Trombone Festival in Helsinki, Finland.

Scott Agster's previous college teaching experience includes positions such as: Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Jazz Teaching Assistant at the University of Minnesota, Brass Methods Teaching Assistant at the University of Minnesota and Jazz Teaching Fellowship at the University of North Texas. He is currently teaching Low Brass, Jazz Band, and Music Appreciation at Concordia University in St. Paul.

Scott Agster has also maintained an active career in composing and arranging music. In 2006 and 2007 he was commissioned for arranging and orchestration on several Compass Inc. compilation CDs for the Target Corporation. He also composes and arranges music for Salsa del Soul, Snowblind, and G8. His compositions and arrangements may be heard on The Pachanga Bones (Pachanga Bones 2004), The Skunkfoot Seven (Skunkfoot Seven 2005), Arctic Fury (Snowblind 2006), Run With It! (G8 2006), and Taking Shape (Snowblind 2007).

Mr. Agster is currently finishing his DMA in Trombone Performance at the University of Minnesota in the studio of Professor Tom Ashworth. His current status as a doctoral candidate is ABD. He received a Master of Music in Trombone Performance with a related field in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas in 2005 under the tutelage of Professor Tony Baker, and in 2001 he completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of North Texas. In Texas he was also certified to teach all-level music in the public school system.

Scott Agster was born in 1979 in Tampa, Florida. He grew up and went to school in the Hillsborough County Public School System in Tampa Bay. Mr. Agster frequently visits his home town which is nestled right along the bay. This is where he learned to enjoy fine Cuban cuisine and camping and fishing in a variety of outdoor environments. Mr. Agster is also an avid reader and enjoys drawing and painting.