Scott CaizleyFRSA (born September 1993) is a British music educator, pianist and academic.
Background and education
Caizley was born in
Leeds, West Yorkshire. He was raised on a council estate and attended a state-school.[1][2][3] In an interview, Scott said he has dedicated his life to ensuring young people from similar backgrounds to himself "face less obstacles when accessing quality music education".[4] Scott completed his undergraduate degree at
UCL where he graduated with a first-class honours degree whilst supervised by Professor
Claire Maxwell. After
UCL, Scott pursued his master's degree at the
University of Cambridge[5] where he was supervised by Professor Pamela Burnard before researching for his PhD at
King's College London with Dr Ruth Adams.[6] He is also the cousin of English footballer
Kevin Caizley.
Career
Scott currently lives in
London and is founder and director of
Bravo Maestros.[7] He is noted for his research on the inequalities within the classical music industry.[8][9][10][11] He has publicly commented on the lack of state-school students in UK music conservatoires[12] and links his arguments to the wider class issues in the classical music sector. In 2020, Scott's research on the lack of racial diversity in UK music conservatoires and the
ABRSM was featured in the media.[13][14][15] He remains the first person in the UK media to publicly advocate and research on the
widening participation agendas of UK music conservatoires for state-schooled students.[16][17][18]