Qualifications:
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music:
Dip ABRSM in Violin Performance
Dip ABRSM in Principals of Violin Teaching
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama:
2009 – BMus (Hons) – 2:1(i)
2011 – MA in Violin Performance
Awards, Bursaries and Scholarships:
Silver Medal in the 2004 National Keyskills Chamber Music Prize
Full Undergraduate Scholarship at RWCMD
Winner of the 2008 Horner prize for Paganini
EMI Sound Foundations bursary for Postgraduate Studies 2009
EMI Sound Foundation bursary for Postgraduate studies 2010
1st Violin Placement with Welsh National Opera
Masterclasses:
Chamber Music – Allegri String Quartet, Emperor String Quartet, Badke String Quartet, Eroica String Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Richard Ormrod
Violin – Boris Garlitsky, Petras Kunsa, Lesley Hatfield, Matthew Jones, Bohumil Smejkal
Ensemble:
National Youth String Academy (2007) – Concertmaster and sub-principle 1st violin
European Vacation Chamber Orchestra (2009).
Ashover Festival Orchestra (2009) – Leader of 2nd violins and (2010) – 1st violin
Bloomsbury Opera (2009) – Leader of 2nd Violins.
Royal Welsh Symphony Orchestra – Have performed as Concertmaster
Royal Welsh String Ensemble – Have performed as Concertmaster
Royal Welsh Opera Orchestra
Royal Welsh Millennium Ensemble – Contemporary Music
Welsh National Opera (WNO) (2010-11) – 1st Violin placement
Welsh National Opera (2010/11) – Tutti 1st violin with casual work
WNOMAX (2010-11) – Concertmaster
Platnauer String Quartet
English National Ballet (2012) – Australian Tour Ensemble
The Metropolitan Orchestra (2011 – 2015) – Concertmaster
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra (2011 – present)
The Musician Project (2014 – present)
Lushous Strings (2011 – present)
Sweethearts Music (2011 – present)
Accent strings (2011 – present)