Dr Elizabeth Scott
Conductor and Music Educator (NSW)
Elizabeth Scott is a Lecturer in Conducting and Choral Director at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Associate Music Director of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. She is a graduate of Symphony Australia’s Conductor Development Program and was awarded the Sydney Choral Symposium Foundation Choral Conducting Scholarship in 2008.
As an undergraduate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Elizabeth earned the prestigious Student of the Year Award and the Reuben F. Scarf Scholarship for academic and musical excellence. As the holder of scholarships from the Hungarian Ministry of Education, she then undertook post-graduate studies in choral conducting, vocal performance and aural training in Hungary and Germany before returning to Australia in 2004. Elizabeth completed a Doctorate in Choral Conducting in 2021.
Elizabeth has been the Musical Director of Vox, Sydney Philharmonia’s youth choir since 2008 and has built this ensemble into one of Australia’s leading youth choirs. She regularly works as a chorus master for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has prepared choirs for international conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Simone Young and Stephen Layton.
Elizabeth has been a guest conductor for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Choir of Australia, Festival of Voices, Gondwana Choirs and Cantillation and has performed and recorded with Pinchgut Opera and The Song Company.
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