Biography
Born and raised in Australia, Scott has been performing as a professional singer since childhood. He began his career and musical education in the British choral tradition, singing as a boy soprano in the St George’s Cathedral Perth choir, where he sang for five years. After his voice change he attended the McDonald College of the Performing Arts in Sydney, where he studied music and acting in the Stanislawksy/Laban tradition, and was awarded a full scholarship for Excellence in Performance. He then attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music Studies and was given the Most Exceptional Contribution to the Arts award from Wesley College, University of Sydney.
Upon moving to London he continued his studies with the English National Opera’s Baylis Programme for young performers and was regularly engaged to perform as a recitalist and operatic tenor in festivals and opera companies in both the United Kingdom and France. He then completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he studied Early Music and Classical Singing, and now based in Düsseldorf, is regularly engaged as a soloist in The Netherlands and Germany, with a particular focus on Bach oratoria and Evangelist roles in the Passions.
Scott is the artistic director and vocalist of Conceptus, a multi-disciplinary ensemble dedicated to recording and performing great works and song cycles from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.