TEACHING
Focus on person centred reflective practice
Private one-to-one instrumental tutor – 50 pupils over the last decade
Aural training, exam preparation and accompanist
Academic teacher and Admin assistant at prestigious Norwich School (UK)
Theory Tutor Grades 1-8
Group coaching for ensembles
Higher education applications – written and practical
Travel to students houses, or online – please enquire if out of specified distance
BIO
Freelance soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, with an interest in experimental/ contemporary music and community projects. From London, based in Melbourne
Solo: Blackheath Halls, St James’ Pimlico, St James’ Piccadilly and Southwold Arts Festival
Chamber: Wind quintet collaboration with The Galliard Ensemble, Oboe Trio, Oboe & Strings Quartet and mixed ensemble/s at Aldeburgh Festival and British Isles Music Festival
Orchestral: ULSO, London Graduate Orchestra, London Opera Ensemble, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Horton Chamber Orchestra & projects with BBC Concert Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Snape Proms, Sound Unbound Festival and Latitude Festival
Contemporary: Parallax and Shapeshifter Ensembles, London Ambient Orchestra, cross-collaborative projects at Laban and National Portrait Gallery, sessions for post-classical and folk artists, and performed at The Shala, Wilderness
Notable Venue Appearances
– Cadogan Hall – Royal Albert Hall – St Paul’s Cathedral – LSO St Luke’s – The Sage, Gateshead – Barbican – Maida Vale Studios – Alexandra Palace Theatre – The Asylum, Peckham
Charity & Community Work
– Street Orchestra (London) and Nevis Ensemble (Edinburgh) oboist touring to underprivileged groups with limited access to music – schools, care homes, prisons, hospices etc.
– Chelsea & Westminster Mental Health Unit workshops
QUALIFICATIONS
BA Hons Music, Durham University – 2013 (with full college colours)
Modules: – Philosophy – Ethnomusicology – Historical Trends – Musical Techniques – Theory & Analysis – Acoustics – Composition – Orchestration – Arranging – Conducting – Arts Management – Dissertation
MMus Music Performance, Trinity Laban – 2018 (place supported by 3 scholarships)
Modules: Solo Recital – Chamber Recital – Orchestral Repertoire – Second Study – Pedagogy – Practice-led Research – Psychology – Creative Leadership – CoLab – Improvisation – Entrepreneurship
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS & SPONSORSHIPS
– Wymondham College – FESPA – EMI Sound Foundation – Macfarlane Walker Trust – Carne Trust