REBECCA SCOUT NELSON

Rebecca Scout Nelson is a songwriter and violinist from Gera, Germany. Born into a family of classical musicians, she began playing violin at age four and grew up on a healthy diet of Bach, Phil Collins, and Gillian Welch. After earning her Bachelor’s degree at Rice University and a Master’s at the University of Oklahoma, Rebecca diverged from her classical violin training and dove headfirst into the world of Historical Performance.

It was through this new love of Baroque music—and her longstanding love of folk and bluegrass—that Rebecca began to find her voice as a songwriter and composer. Since graduating from The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program, she has performed with and helped found adventurous new ensembles including Nuova Pratica and Relic.

Her debut album, Do Not Lament, released in 2023, introduced a musical language that drew freely from the worlds that had shaped her. Her forthcoming album, Wild Iris, expands that distinctive sound, weaving the intimacy of American folk with the colors, instruments, and expressive language of Baroque and early music. Building on the folk-Baroque world of Do Not Lament, Rebecca brings together her evocative voice, deeply personal songwriting, and an ensemble of historical and modern instruments to create music that feels at once ancient and strikingly contemporary.

Atmospheric and resistant to easy categorization, Wild Iris is rooted in tradition without being constrained by it, moving naturally between early music, Americana, and contemporary indie folk. The album will be released in Fall 2026