Thomas Scott

Biography

Tom Scott is a Tutor in Electroacoustic Composition at the RNCM. He studied piano at Chetham’s School of Music before studying on the joint course at the RNCM and University of Manchester, where he gained a First Class honours degree in music and also won the Musicales Prize, the Shirley Cattarall Award for Piano, the Hargreaves Academic Prize, the Proctor-Gregg Prize for Performance, and the Sir Thomas Beecham Medal for Outstanding Achievement.
He completed a Master’s degree in electroacoustic composition (Supported by a 2003 PRS Foundation Scholarship) in which he received a distinction, and a PhD in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Manchester, supported by AHRC funding. As a composer, Tom’s work ranges from compositions for instruments and electronics to acousmatic compositions and audiovisual works. He was awarded the Musiques and Recherches residency prize in Metamorphoses 2006 (Belgium) and his film The Projection of Dreams (2007) was screened at the Exposures Film Festival. His electroacoustic works have been performed at festivals and concerts in Belgium, Mexico, Spain and Germany.
As a pianist, Tom’s extensive and wide-ranging performance career has led to performances throughout the UK as a soloist, and with his brother Jonathan as one half of the Scott Brothers Duo.

Research Interest

piano,Orchestra