DATE OF BIRTH 18TH December 1979

EDUCATION
Royal Academy of Music, 1998-2002
Bachelor of Music (Performance) degree.
Professor: Michael Cox
Orchestral Master classes: Jim Walker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Daniel Pailthorpe.
Chamber music coaching: Angela Malsbury, Sebastian Bell, Michael Dussek, Stephen Stirling, Mathew Souter.

SESSION EXPERIENCE includes
Ben Lake and the 21st Century Big Band – Sony Demo (2005)
Bonnie Tyler – BBC (Greatest Love Songs, 2005)
Wild West – ITV Production (2004)
Old Edwardian Country House – Channel 4 Production (2004)
What the Butler Saw – Channel 4 series (2004)
Stephen Hawkins Documentary – BBC (2004)
Groove Armada (2003)
If Only – American Film (2003)

CHAMBER MUSIC includes
Korros Ensemble – Ballet Rambert (2005) - commissions for Korros Ensemble including performances at The Place Theatre. Venues include St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Farnham Castle, Norwich Music Festival. Concert artists on cruise-liners. A wide range of concerts and workshops in educational and other establishments around the U.K.
Recent Commission for Principal Viola of LSO (Edward Vanderspar) and Small Chamber Ensemble – Thomas Hyde (Composer). Little Missenden Festival of Music and the Arts, 2003. Future recording project.
Eleat Ensemble – concerts in Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Opera House, Henley Festival, St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Contemporary workshops and concerts with Colin Mathews/John McCabe and collaboration with members of The Nash Ensemble.

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE includes
Birmingham Royal Ballet (2007)
‘Phantom of the Opera’ West end Musical (2007)
‘Beauty and the Beast’ The Musical Tour (2005-)
India Symphony Orchestra (2006)
Enigma Orchestra – (2004 – present)
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra – (2004)
Chameleon London Orchestra – (2003 – present)
London Orchestra da Camera (2001-present)
London Symphony Orchestra Scheme (under Pierre Boulez) (2001)
Seychelles International Music Festival – (2000,2002,2004)
British Rock Symphony Orchestra, tour of USA – (2000)
Hiroshima Hope Orchestra, Japan – (1999)
CONCERTOS include
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, Brussels – (2003)
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, Folkestone – (2002)
Mozart Concerto in D, King Edwards – (1998)

PRIZES AND AWARDS
Guinness: Music in the Community Award RAM 2001.
Christopher Taylor Flute Award, for an outstanding flautist, RAM 2000.
Scholarship to Lake Placid (New York State) Flute Seminar, 2000.
Nicholas Blake Wind Ensemble Award (Highly Commended – Flute and Recorder Duo in 1999, Commended – Eleat Ensemble in 2000 and 1999).

OTHER
Improvisation on ethnic flutes with African bands in Cameroon 2004.
Regular work for Council for Music in Hospitals.
Educational workshops.