Scott Caizley

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(born September 1993) is a British music educator, pianist and academic.

Background and education

Caizley was born in

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. He was raised on a council estate and attended a state-school. 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". 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 Masters degree at the

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where he was supervised by Professor Pamela Burnard before researching for his PhD at Kings College London with Dr Ruth Adams. He is also the cousin of English footballer Kevin Caizley.

Career

Scott currently lives in

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and is founder and director of Bravo Maestros. He is noted for his research on the inequalities within the classical music industry. He has publicly commented on the lack of state-school students in UK music conservatoires 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

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was featured in the media. He remains the first person in the UK media to publicly advocate and research on the

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agendas of UK music conservatoires for state-schooled students. In 2022 he launched the 100 Maestros initiative which "recognises 100 classical musicians from diverse backgrounds each year". He was named the 'Leeds Piano Man' by the

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in 2018 and has had his work on music education referenced in research across Europe, Australia and North America. In 2019, Scott appeared on the

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. He currently serves as a Trustee for the UK charity Open Up Music and also as a Governor at The Courtyard School in

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. In the

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he was a

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for the Liberal Democrats for the

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area in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caizley, Scott British music educators Alumni of the UCL Institute of Education 1993 births Living people Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of King's College London British classical pianists