Frederick Earl Scott Harris

Our beloved brother, uncle, and great friend died October 3, 2025 at his home after suffering, but never giving into, a ling illness. He died as he had lived: thinking of the next rehearsal and planning his next gig.
Born in Helena, Montana, he came to Salt Lake City in 1963. The family lived in Rose Park where Scott attended Newman Elementary School. There in fourth grade band class he found the love and purpose in his life: music, especially music he could play on clarinet and saxophone. He never faltered in that love, eventually adding the flute and piccolo to his repertoire. While he played all types of music, jazz was his passion.
He played all through his time at West High School and then moved on to greater opportunities in Los Angeles. He worked as a music copyist and musician at Fox and Warner Studios for films such as "Jurassic Park", "Forrest Gump", "Schindler's List", "Indiana Jones" films, TV shows such as "The Simpsons", and two Academy Awards shows.
He returned to Salt Lake City in the late 1990's and resumed his musical career here. He played with the Burbank Symphony Tours, Ballet West, the Egyptian Theatre, the New Deal Swing Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Utah Wind Symphony, Salt Lake Jazz Orchestra, Pioneer Theatre Company, Johnny Mathis Utah Band, multiple University of Utah groups including Philharmonic, Wind Ensemble, Honors Chamber Orchestra, the Sandy Symphony, and Wasatch Big Band. He played with renowned musicians such as Ray Charles, Tony Bennet, the Moody Blues, Seth McFarland, and Barbara Streisand. he held a degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Utah.
he taught numerous private students clarinet and saxophone as well as teaching Band and Jazz Band at Waterford School for twenty five years.
In 1994m he realized one of his dreams and formed the wind quintet "The Prevailing Winds", known throughout the Salt Lake Valley for wonderful performances and for introducing Wasatch Front school children to the joys of live performances of orchestral music.
Scott was known both for his excellence as a musician and his sense of humor. He always had a joke for any occasion. An exceptionally modest person, few knew the extent of his performance history and the breadth of his associates.
he is survived by his sister, Diana Harris Kassavetis, nieces Faith McKinnie-Redmond, Kay Corcoran, Jennifer McKinnie, and Jesse Fry, and nephews Scott McKinnie, Andrew Fry, Christopher Fry, Steven Redmond, three great nieces and two great nephews and his beloved dogs, Charlie and Maggie. he was preceded in death by sister Victoria Harris Fry and brother in law George Kassavetis.
Our lives are diminished by his death.