C. Scott Hagler was born in Oklahoma and raised in Farmington, NM. In addition to his work with the Durango Choral Society, Hagler is Minister of Music and Arts at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Durango, Colorado, where, in addition to directing choirs and playing for services on Durango's only tracker pipe organ, he oversees the Sacred Arts Festival, the Durango Bach Festival, the Durango Chamber Music Festival and an annual four-recital series. As a Visiting Instructor in the Fort Lewis College Department of Music, Hagler has taught piano and organ, and accompanied dozens of music majors.

Before his 2004 move to Durango, Hagler was Director of Music Ministries at Park Hill United Methodist Church in Denver, Conductor of the semi-professional handbell choir Rocky Mountain Ringers, and Principal Accompanist/Associate Conductor of the Arvada Center Chorale.

A published arranger and composer, Hagler has written for choirs of children and adults, handbells, instrumental ensembles and solo piano. He teaches at choral and handbell clinics, and serves as a choral clinician. He has accompanied numerous choirs and musicals around town, and was seen for two summers as pianist and entertainer at the Diamond Circle Melodrama. In conjunction with the Melodrama, Hagler released Ragtime!, a solo-piano CD of the music of Scott Joplin

Hagler currently serves as Dean of the Four Corners Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association.