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Introduction to Clyde Scott. 1:22 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Lee Skye. Music: Dee Yan-Kee. Recorded via Zoom. 8/28/2025. Miami.
CLYDE SCOTT is a director and projection designer currently based in Miami Beach, FL. He has created national and international commercials and promos, visuals for stadium concert tours, short films, and works of video art made to synchronize with live performances of classical music. In the mid-1990s Mr. Scott founded Electric Sheep—a Miami Beach-based design boutique specializing in motion graphics—where he and his team crafted film and broadcast visuals for clients such as Disney, Shakira, MTV, Nickelodeon, Sony, and Caravan Pictures. In the early 2000s he joined the staff of the New World Symphony and in the following years worked closely with architect Frank Gehry and Gehry Partners on the unprecedented integration of HD video and projection technology into the New World Center. He currently serves as Senior VP and Creative Director of New World Symphony Media.
Mr. Scott has directed over 100 live multi-camera HD and 4KUHD simulcasts featuring prominent artists such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Esa-Pekka Salonen, James Conlon, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Christian Tetzlaff, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yuja Wang, Eighth Blackbird, and Bruce Hornsby.
As a projection designer he has created original pieces for orchestral and chamber music performances as well as micro plays and monodramas including: Shaun Naidoo’s Sentient Weather, Luc Ferrari’s Sexolidad, George Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony, Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Steve Reich’s Violin Phase, Niccolò Castiglioni’s Inverno In-ver, Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, Milton Babbitt’s All Set and Gavin Bryars’ One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing. Recently he has collaborated with choreographer Rosie Herrera and the Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre to create nearly 20 short works of video art for performances of music by John Adams, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Michael Gandolfi, Arturo Márquez, Ted Hearne and others.
In 2018, Musical America recognized Mr. Scott’s innovative contributions to the world of Performing Arts by naming him one of its Professionals of the Year.
In addition, Mr. Scott is also a consultant for organizations seeking to explore complex HD and UHD video capture and presentation systems. He is currently overseeing the New World Symphony’s multi-million dollar 4K Ultra High Definition upgrade initiative which will further cement the status of the New World Center as the most technologically advanced concert hall in the world.
https://www.clydescott.net/
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 1:34 min.
Did you have the opportunity to meet with famed New World Center architect Frank Gehry and discuss options for artistically using the building he designed?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:41 min.
In 2015, I was told that the New World Center was the most technology advanced concert hall in the world.
COLLABORATION: 0:44 sec.
How old were you when you started engaging with Frank Gehry?
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:53 min.
Where did you grow up, and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:20 min.
Did your parents consider themselves to be Hippies back in the day?
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 2:40 min.
Living in farm country in Redland, Florida, how did you learn to play the violin?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:10 min.
Where did you go to school, and what did you learn that still informs you today?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:11 min.
How does your knowledge of music inform your animation?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 2:03 min
You may be the most perfectly situated person I know, with the perfect creative and technological skillset for their job. I can’t imagine that you would ever want to leave.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 4:31 min.
Tells us about the New World Symphony production of “The Kaiser of Atlantis,” one of my favorite experiences of all time.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 3:17 min.
What are you most excited about regarding the new 2025-26 season, and what project was most challenging?
COMMUNITY VALUES: 2:31 min.
Tell us about the New World Symphony YouTube Channel.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:40 min.
In 2023, we recorded an ArtSpeak video conversation with the then new NWS Artistic Director Stéphane Denève. He seemed like he was eager to experiment with you.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 4:22 min.
The WALLCAST® is such a unique, engrossing experience. What was your original vision and how did it evolve over the years?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 3:16 min.
Are their other organizations that have tried to emulate the NWS WALLCAST®?
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 3:30 min
How did you develop your technology skills?
OPEN TO CHANGE, FLEXIBILITY: 4:47 min.
Are you experimenting with Artificial Intelligence?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:13 min.
Do you have any role models or mentors for your work?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 3:30 min.
Considering your early entry into the digital visualization of music, I would imagine that MTT (Michael Tilson Thomas) was inspired by you.
COMPULSION: 2:02 min
You are constantly peering into the future. What is on your drawing board for experimentation?
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:35 min
Have you been successful in growing an online audience?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATIO: 1:37 min.
What’s your favorite movie?
