Elizabeth Scott is a lecturer in conducting and the director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Choir. She is the Associate Music Director of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and has performed and recorded with Cantillation, Pinchgut Opera and The Song Company.
Elizabeth graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1995 as a flute major having 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 completed post-graduate studies in choral conducting, vocal performance and aural training in Hungary and Germany before returning to Australia in 2004.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Symphony Australia’s Conductor Development Program having participated in workshops with orchestras including The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She was also awarded the Sydney Choral Symposium Foundation Choral Conducting Scholarship in 2008. Elizabeth completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at the University of Sydney 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 was the Assistant Chorus Master to Sydney Philharmonia Choirs from 2006 to 2008 and was the Acting Music Director for the first half of 2013. Elizabeth regularly works as a chorus master for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and has prepared choirs for conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Simone Young and David Robertson. Elizabeth is regularly invited as a guest conductor for ensembles including the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Choir of Australia and Gondwana Choirs.
