Scott serves as Executive Artistic Director of Cleveland Opera Theater, where his recent production of La Traviata was named “the best professional opera production Cleveland has seen in years,” and La Bohème was hailed as "ingenious."  Scott is the recently appointed Production Director for Opera Western Reserve, and Assistant Artistic Director for Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.  Previous appointments include Executive Director of the Oberlin in Italy opera training program in Arezzo, Italy. For Cleveland Opera Theater Scott has directed Madama Butterfly, Le nozze di Figaro, La Bohème, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tosca, La Rondine, Gianni Schicchi, Il Tabarro, Pagliacci, The Threepenny Opera, and the Cleveland premiere of Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire’s The Ghosts of Gatsby for The National Opera Association in a co-production with Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.    Scott has made multiple company debuts in recent years including Roméo et Juliette for Pensacola Opera, Macbeth for Opera Tampa, The Ballad of Baby Doe  with Toledo Opera, Faust and Il Barbiere di Siviglia  with Natchez Festival of Music, The Student Prince at Opera Grand Rapids, Carmen for Opera Western Reserve, Suor Angelica and La Bohème for Mobile Opera, and Don Giovanni and La Tragédie de Carmen for Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.  Scott is the recently appointed Production Director for Opera Western Reserve. A proponent of new opera, Scott launched {NOW} Fest, Cleveland Opera Theater's annual event to create, develop, and produce new opera works, and he serves on the National Opera Association Chamber Opera Composition Committee.  A pioneer in exploring contemporary approaches to producing opera, Scott's work includes directing, designing, and producing interdisciplinary collaborations in alternative venues to promote civic engagement and provide gateways to develop new audiences. An advocate of arts education, Scott serves as Director of Opera Studies for the award-winning Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Voice Performance program.  Scott is Movement & Acting Instructor for Music Across the Pond, and a frequent guest stage director, and master class and workshop teacher throughout the United States and in Europe.   Previous appointments include Instructor of Voice and Opera Theater, Interlochen Arts Academy, and Associate Instructor of Voice, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.