Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Dr. Richard Scott, PhD, PhD, MusM, BSc (Hons.)
Qualifications and Training
Doctorate: PhD, Portfolio of Electro-acoustic Music Compositions from University of Manchester. (2020)
Doctorate: PhD from London University. Noises: Free Music, Improvisation and the Avant-garde; London 1965 to 1990 (sociological analysis of improvised music) (1993)
Masters: Mus.M. Electro-acoustic Music (Distinction), University of Manchester (2010)
Higher National Diploma: Jazz Theory and Musicianship, South Manchester College (1998-99)
Ordinary National Diploma: Sound Engineering and Studio Production, South Manchester College (1995)
Bachelors: BSc (Hons.) in Sociology from London School of Economics (1986) “A” Levels in Art, Economics, Sociology and Government and Politics (1982)
Max Intensive, accredited course unit, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (A) (2015)
Employment
Current Employment: Masters’s degree Programme Lead at Catalyst – Institute for Creative Arts and Technology, Berlin (Permanent contract since June 2018)
June 2014 – 2018: External examiner for Institute of Sonology MA students at the Dutch Royal Conservatory at The Hague, The Netherlands.
Dec 2015 to present: Director of Sound Anatomy Records http://soundanatomy.com/
March 2014 – Jan 2016: Guest Lecturer and Teaching Assistant at Manchester University giving workshops on advanced sound recording techniques, electroacoustic music, audio-visual composition (part-time)
January 2011 to Jan 2013: Lecturer on BA Hons. degree courses on Sound and Audio Theory and Studio Technique at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, University of Lancaster
1999-2002. Senior Researcher at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology School of Management
1999-2002. Researcher in Industry strategies on projects funded by and reporting to Marks and Spencer Financial Services division
2000-2002. Consultant Advisor to UK Government’s Future Strategy Research Group (reporting to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown)
2002-2004. Freelance researcher for Non-Governmental Organisations and local campaign groups researching poverty, environment and local government provision
2003 to present: I run an independent audio production company, recording and producing a wide variety of electronic and acoustic projects, including music for TV and film, theatre and dance. Currently based in Berlin and focused on audio mastering
1988 to 2002: Freelance journalist reviewing Jazz, free improvisation, African, Asian, Drum and Bass, Experimental and Contemporary music for The Wire, Q, Time Out and BBC World Service
1991 to 1993: London Musician’s Collective (LMC) Administrator with responsibility for concert programming, organisation and marketing
Associate Tutor in Sociological Theory and Introduction to Sociology, London School of Economics, 1989-1993
Other Professional Roles
Guest editor and reviewer Orpheus Institute peer-reviewed Echo Journal on Electronic Lutherie, September 20206 https://echo.orpheusinstituut.be/issue/8
Initiator and co-organiser of Orpheus Institute Conference on Electronic Lutherie, Ghent, January 2026
Mastering Engineer for four CD series of archival releases of the early electroacoustic work of Ernest Berk. University of Huddersfield HCR Recordings (ongoing) https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/ernest-berk-diversed-tapes
Guest editor of a special issue of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community CeC eContact journal on Analogue and Modular Synthesis http://econtact.ca/index.html
Composer in Residence: Electric Spring Festival/Huddersfield University Electroacoustic Studios. March 2017
Composer in Residence: EMS Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm. March 2016
Composer in Residence: Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. May 2015
Festival Initiator, Organiser and Peer reviewer for compositions and paper submissions Sines and Squares festival, Manchester 2014 and 2016. I raised sponsorship and support from several business donors, including Moog and Korg and from the University of Manchester
Visiting Artistic Resident at STEIM, (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music) Amsterdam developing infrared performance technologies. 2008-2013
Peer reviewer for New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME) conference, Norway 2012
Selected Compositions
Explode to Survive (live version), ICMC Hamburg (accepted by panel, but attendance was unfortunately not possible) May 2026
Richard Scott Stardust for RH 23 (Premier) World On a Wire. VU Symposium for experimental, electronic and improvised music. Utah, July, 2023
Richard Scott Fünf Interventionen aus der Fremde (Premier) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Mensch, Musik (Premiere 3rd Feb 2023)
Richard Scott (solo). Live auf dem SINUSTON-Festival Magdeburger Tage der elektroakustischen Musik. October, 2021
Thunder, actually Bicycles… (Premier) Electro-acoustic composition premiered at Forum Wallis Festival für Neue Musik www.forumwallis.ch. July 2021.
Moers festival 2021/Arte: Sciento Vocale & Richard Scott. Compositions by Gesualdo, Vivier and Richard Scott. (Premier) Full concert is here: https://youtu.be/Nsh3UFJNFWU
Tama Arts and Music Festival, Tokyo, Japan. Music Floats Upwards. Electro-acoustic composition by Richard Scott. https://tamafes.tumblr.com/Tokyo Electroacoustic music festival. March 2021.
BEAST Feast festival. University of Birmingham, May 2020. Music Floats Upwards (Premier). Electro-acoustic composition. http://www.beast.bham.ac.uk/beast-feast-2020/
Buzz Sculptures ambisonic multichannel installation piece commissioned by Neue Musik Initiativ in Berlin, performed at the Martin-Groper-Bau museum (Berliner Festpspeile) and Spektrum Centre for Art and Technology, Berlin. (Premier) September 2017/January 2018
Black Wood Dialogues composition for Bass Clarinet and electronics (Premier) with Marjie van Gorkon MANTIS Electroacoustic Music Festival, Manchester/Leicester De Monforte University. March 2017.
Several Circles 2014 acousmatic (Premier). International Computer Music joint Conference. Athens. September 2014
Richard Scott, Mark Pilkington, Surface (audiovisual) Sound Music Computing joint Conference. Athens. September 2014
A Short History of Stuttering. Prize Winner. UK 60×60 Mix 2012 composition competition.
August 2011. International Computer Music Conference, University Huddersfield: Strike One by Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble (selected for the best-of-conference DVD)
Selected Recordings
Bastard Science EP, Richard Scott. Off Center Records 2025, Tokyo https://offcenterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bastard-science-ep-ocr-001
Trails by Erhard Hirt, Richard Scott, Klaus Kürvers & Willi Kellers. 2025. https://creativesources.bandcamp.com/album/trails
Scrapheap Challenge by Paul Lytton, Joker Nies, Richard Scott, Georg Wissel. Skatter Recordings. 2025 https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/scrapheap-challenge
Eight Studies for Copulating Blippoo Boxes, Richard Scott. Nachtstuck Records. 2024 https://nachtstuckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eight-studies-for-copulating-blippoo-boxes
Do they do those in Red? by Paul Lytton, Joker Nies, Richard Scott, Georg Wissel. Sound Anatomy. 2020 https://lytton1.bandcamp.com/album/do-they-do-those-in-red
Twinkle3, ft David Sylvian and Kazuko Hohki: Upon This Fleeting Dream: Japanese Death Poems (Cortizona Records 2022) https://cortizona.bandcamp.com/album/upon-this-fleeting-dream
Delirious Cartographies by Richard Scott (Arbitrary Records 2022) Electroacoustic/Multimedia https://arbitraryrichardscott.bandcamp.com/album/delirious-cartographies
Everything is always at once by Richard Scott (Discus Records 133CD 2022) https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-always-at-once-133cd-2022
Stardust RH by Richard Scott, realised on the Hordijk Modular Synthesiser, from Hordijk, Vol. 1 by Various Artists, Flag Day Records 2021 https://flagdayrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/stardust-4rh
Richard Scott and Axel Dörner A Journal of Elasticity Bohemian Drips 2021. LP/CD/Digital album https://bohemiandrips.de/product/bd014-axel-dorner-richard-scott-a-journal-of-elasticity/
Tales from the Voodoo Box: solos for EMS Synthi A Synthesiser. Richard Scott (Sound Anatomy 2017) https://soundanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-voodoo-box-solos-for-ems-synthi-a-synthesiser
Several Circles. Richard Scott (Cusp Editions CD/2 x LP, 2016) https://cuspeditions.bandcamp.com/album/richard-scott-several-circles
Seven Types of Ambiguity. Axel Dörner and Richard Scott (Sound Anatomy 2016) https://soundanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/seven-types-of-ambiguity
Hiss and Viscera. Audrey Chen and Richard Scott (Sound Anatomy 2016) https://soundanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/hiss-and-viscera
Natura Venomous. Parak.eets with Ute Wasserman and Emilio Gordoa (Creative Sources 2016) https://soundanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/natura-venomous
Together in Zero Space, Grutronic and Evan Parker (PSI Recordings 2012) https://www.discogs.com/Grutronic-and-Evan-Parker-Together-In-Zero-Space/release/3147648 Essex Foam Party, Grutronic. (PSI Recordings 2010)
Wood Wind Tide, electroacoustic duets with shakuhachi with Clive Bell (Kwan Yin Records 2007)
The Magnificence of Stereo, Richard Scott with Rex Casswell (plunderphonic/ electroacoustic). (sruti BOX Records 1992)
Selected Performances
Jon Rose, Nic Collins, Richard Scott trio (forthcoming) KM28, Berlin October 2026
Pitch Shifting Group, Jazzexzess, House of Music, Berlin, September 2026
Das Vokalprojekt and Richard Scott. 23 piece choir and modular synthesiser. Music by Hubert Parry, Eric Whitacre and Richard Scott. June 2026
Richard Scott, Meinrad Kneer and Jaap Blonk trio, Richten25 Berlin May 2026
Axel Dörner sextet, Pangea for Miles Davis’s 100th birthday, In Situ Art Society, Bonn, April 2026
Shelley Hirsch and Richard Scott duo, Madame Claude, Berlin, March 2026
Explode to Survive. Acousmatic composition. Electroacoustic Forum Wallis Festival für Neue Musik www.forumwallis.ch. June/July 2026.
For Rob Hordijk Solo Performance, Petersburg Arts Space, Berlin, 23 October 2022.
Richard Scott & Pitchshifting/Soundpainting Orchestra. Audioart Festival, Pula, Croatia, September 2022
Duet with Joke Lanz, Ausland/Wabe Berlin. Honeycomb Festival. 2021. https://ausland-berlin.de/kazus-honeycomb-festival-day-1
Moers Festival/Arte, June 2020, Richard Scott Solo concert https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/097995-045-A/richard-scottaerosolo-7/
Die Akademie der Künste. KONTAKTE ’19. Biennale für Elektroakustische Musik und Klangkunst, Thomas Lehn Ute Wassermann, mit Thomas Lehn und Richard Scott, für Stimme mit Analogsynthesizern
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Sounding #06, Concert with Joker Nies and workshop presentation, November 2019
Wels Music Unlimited Festival, performance with Shelley Hirsch and Roger Turner. September 2019
Japan tour with Kazuhisa Uchihashi, including concerts with Akiko Nakayama, D.J. Sniff & Toshimaru Nakamura. June 2019
Sonorities Festival, SARC, Belfast: Call Them Improvisers! Ensemble directed by Evan Parker. November 2010.
Evan Parker and Grutronic. Konfrontationen Festival, Jazzgalerie, Nickelsdorf, Austria. July 2006
Publications
Plausible Worlds: Sonic Imagination and the Instruments of Rob Hordijk. Orpheus Institute Echo Journal https://echo.orpheusinstituut.be/article/plausible-worlds September 2026
Post-Acousmatic Practice: Re-evaluating Schaeffer’s heritage. Monty Adkins, Richard Scott and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay. Organised Sound. vol. 21.1 May 2016
Back to the Future: On misunderstanding modular synthesizers. Canadian Electroacoustic Community CeC eContact journal on Analogue and Modular Synthesis http://econtact.ca/index.html
Editorial. Canadian Electroacoustic Community CeC eContact journal on Analogue and Modular Synthesis http://econtact.ca/index.html
The Molecular Imagination: John Stevens, The Spontaneous Music Ensemble and Free Group Improvisation, in Schroeder, Franciscka (ed.) 2014. Improvisation and Performance. Cambridge Scholars’ Press. (2014)
Free Improvisation and Nothing: From the Tactics of Escape to a Bastard Science, in: ACT – Zeitschrift für Musik & Performance 4 (2014), Nr. 5.
Artaud’s Snake: gesture, time and play – a composer’s report on the use and development of the WiGI infra-red wireless gestural system. Paper. International Computer Music Conference Proceedings (2011)
Getting WiGI With It. Performing and Programming with an Infrared Gestural Instrument: A Case Study. eContact (2010) https://econtact.ca/12_3/scott_wigi.html
Public Lectures and Presentations
The Electronic Musical Instruments of Rob Hordijk: Presentation and Performance. Digital Lutherie Conference, Orpheus Institute January 2026
The Songs of Others, Improvisation and Identity. Symposium: Musicians’ Perspectives on Improvisation, Exploratorium, Berlin January 2024
The voltage-controlled analogue synthesizer as a tool for composition and performance. Various university venues: Universität der Künste Berlin/University of Manchester, University of Bath, University of Huddersfield. 2017-2022
Improvisation with a Modular Synthesiser. Visiting Artists’ presentation. EMS Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm. March 6th 2016.
Advanced Analogue Synthesis. University of Manchester NOVARS research matinée presentation. Manchester. March 2015
Composing with Modular Synthesizers. Visiting Professorial Lecture, Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. May 2015
The Beauty of Forgetting: predetermination, time and spontaneity in programming for electroacoustic composition and improvisation. Paper. From Tape to Typedef Symposium, Sheffield University Jan 2013
Intimacy, Interaction and Improvisational Technologies. Paper. Leeds International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition. December 2012
Financial Support Awarded
Artistic Research Stipendium, Sound Art and New Music, Berlin 2023
Commission for Fünf Interventionen aus der Fremde from Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin 2022-2023)
Stipendium der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin 2020/21
Musikfonds Neustart Kultur Stipendienprogramms 2020/21 awarded, but not taken because of prior award of Stipendium der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin
Commission by Neue Musik Initiativ, Berlin, performed at the Martin-Groper-Bau museum (Berliner Festpspeile) and Spektrum Centre for Art and Technology, Berlin. (Premier) September 2017/January 2018
Financial support awarded Harry Clough Foundation for PhD study at Manchester University. 2013-2020
I raised sponsorship and support from business donors including Moog and Korg, for the Sines and Squares festivals, University of Manchester 2014 and 2016
Sponsorship raised from Yamaha GmbH, in support Basic Electricity, modular synthesiser concert series, Berlin 2011-2014
Financial support received from Harry Clough Foundation for PhD study at Manchester University. 2013-2020
I was supported by STEIM for my visiting artistic residency June 2008 to June 2013
I was supported by the Arts Council of Great Britain and New Music North West for several projects including the first year of my residency with STEIM. 1998-2009
Berlin, September 2026