Scott Chapman is a professional freelance and session drummer based in London whose versatility behind the kit has forged him a varied career and reputation of being able to cover many musical situations.
Scott gained a strong musical grounding playing classic big band repertoire with ex-professionals every week in his younger years. Aged only sixteen, he became the principal drummer for the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and later was given a place at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London to study on the undergraduate jazz course. Shortly after graduating in 2014 with a First-Class honours degree and a Yamaha Jazz Scholarship Award, Scott was picked up to join the tour of major hit musical Wicked and since then he has performed as a deputy for the London production and a handful of other major West End shows, as well as for the London Musical Theatre Orchestra. He is also involved in notable projects at the forefront of the UK jazz scene such as the Misha Mullov-Abaddo Group and the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, and as an able percussionist he has performed as an onstage actor/musician in the West End production of Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined in 2015-16, and toured with Sheridan Smith in 2018.
Among more regular engagements, Scott plays for a multitude of other freelance work spanning a wide range of genres and settings both across the UK and abroad. He also is available for private tuition at his studio in North West London.
West End Credits
Chair holder: Wicked, UK Tour (2015, 2018)
Deputy: The Book Of Mormon (2022), Wicked (2015-2022), Dreamgirls, UK Tour (2022), The Prince of Egypt (2021-2022), Chicago (2018), Aladdin (2016-2019), Heathers (2018), Ruthless! (2018), Annie (2017), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2016), Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined (2015-2016)