As a soloist and accompanist, in ensembles and as a continuo player, I perform throughout the UK and abroad on the lute, theorbo and Baroque guitar. I have enjoyed working with many renowned artists including Dame Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Rachel Podger, Dowland Works, La Nuova Musica, and in side-by-side projects with the Academy of Ancient Music, performing at venues including the Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, and St Martin-in-the-Fields. I have also recently been performing and touring with the Netherlands Bach Society. I have also given concerts and recitals for The Lute Society, the London Handel Festival, Brecon Baroque Festival, and Dartington International Festival, as well as appearing on BBC radio and television.
I spend much of my time in the extraordinary seventeenth-century repertoire for voice and lute, and along with soprano Emily Owen formed the duo Melismata to share this passion. As well as performing for Brighton Early Music Festival as BREMF Live! artists, we also work with Live Music Now and Music in Hospitals & Care to bring music to audiences that otherwise would not be able to experience it. I also teach both privately and at Faraday School in London.
I was born in London and enjoyed a musical education as a scholar at Bristol Cathedral Choir School, where I studied violin, piano, and percussion, and also sang in various choirs. I went on to play in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and then read languages and history at King’s College London and the London School of Economics. After being drawn to the lute, its long history and important role in a large range of repertoires, I began my studies with Manuel Minguillón, and took frequent masterclasses with Paul O’Dette. I then completed my postgraduate studies with William Carter and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where I was supported by a scholarship from the Guildhall School Trust.
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I spend much of my time in the extraordinary seventeenth-century repertoire for voice and lute, and along with soprano Emily Owen formed the duo Melismata to share this passion. As well as performing for Brighton Early Music Festival as BREMF Live! artists, we also work with Live Music Now and Music in Hospitals & Care to bring music to audiences that otherwise would not be able to experience it. I also teach both privately and at Faraday School in London.
I was born in London and enjoyed a musical education as a scholar at Bristol Cathedral Choir School, where I studied violin, piano, and percussion, and also sang in various choirs. I went on to play in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and then read languages and history at King’s College London and the London School of Economics. After being drawn to the lute, its long history and important role in a large range of repertoires, I began my studies with Manuel Minguillón, and took frequent masterclasses with Paul O’Dette. I then completed my postgraduate studies with William Carter and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where I was supported by a scholarship from the Guildhall School Trust.
Please contact me for my latest biography.
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