As a soloist and accompanist, in ensembles and as a continuo player, I perform throughout the UK and abroad on the lute, theorbo and guitar. I enjoy working with many internationally renowned artists and ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music, Rachel Podger, Voces8, Dame Emma Kirkby and Dowland Works, the Netherlands Bach Society, English Touring Opera, Ensemble Pro Victoria, The Marian Consort and Spiritato. I have given concerts and recitals for The London Festival of Baroque Music, The Lute Society, the London Handel Festival, Brecon Baroque Festival, Brighton Early Music Festival, and Dartington International Festival, as well as appearing regularly on radio, television and film.
Recent recording projects include an album of 17th-century Italian duets with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings, contentor Randall Scotting and tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado, which is now available on Signum Records and all streaming platforms. Last year I also recorded the film scores for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and also for The Lost King with the London Symphony Orchestra and Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat.
With soprano Emily Owen, I formed the duo Melismata to share a passion for the endless repertoire for voice and lute. Next year we will be recording our first album of music dedicated to nature and spirituality with settings of 17th-century poetry. As well as maintaining a busy performing schedule of our own, we also work with Live Music Now to bring music-making to those that otherwise might not be able to experience it, including children with special educational needs and disabilities, and older people in social care. This involves a wide range of participatory performances, workshops, residencies and training in care homes, hospitals and healthcare settings, and special schools.
Teaching and inspiring new and experienced musicians of all ages and abilities is a large part of my life. As well as teaching a range of repertoires privately, I have also given specialist workshops for The Purcell School and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior Department. I am also in demand for working with stage and screen actors in musical scenes, and have worked frequently with Anya Taylor-Joy. In partnership with Live Music Now, I have also undertaken training in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy for high performance with Jerry Fox at Exeter University. Originally developed for athletes, this programme aims to provide strategies for greater awareness of the mind-body when operating under pressure to the best of our ability, and has become an integral part of my own performing and teaching practices.
I was born in London and enjoyed a very musical education as a scholar at Bristol Cathedral Choir School, where I studied violin, piano, and percussion, and also sang in various choirs. I played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and went on to read languages and history at King’s College London and the London School of Economics. Not long after, I was drawn back to music, and specifically to the lute with its important but lost history in a wide range of repertoires. I began taking lessons with Manuel Minguillón in London, and had frequent masterclasses with Paul O’Dette around Europe. I then completed my postgraduate studies with William Carter and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where I was supported by a scholarship from the Guildhall School Trust.
I play a theorbo and a baroque guitar made by Klaus Jacobsen, as well as renaissance and baroque lutes made by Martin Haycock. I am a full member of the Independent Society of Musicians.
Please contact me for my latest biography.
Recent recording projects include an album of 17th-century Italian duets with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings, contentor Randall Scotting and tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado, which is now available on Signum Records and all streaming platforms. Last year I also recorded the film scores for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and also for The Lost King with the London Symphony Orchestra and Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat.
With soprano Emily Owen, I formed the duo Melismata to share a passion for the endless repertoire for voice and lute. Next year we will be recording our first album of music dedicated to nature and spirituality with settings of 17th-century poetry. As well as maintaining a busy performing schedule of our own, we also work with Live Music Now to bring music-making to those that otherwise might not be able to experience it, including children with special educational needs and disabilities, and older people in social care. This involves a wide range of participatory performances, workshops, residencies and training in care homes, hospitals and healthcare settings, and special schools.
Teaching and inspiring new and experienced musicians of all ages and abilities is a large part of my life. As well as teaching a range of repertoires privately, I have also given specialist workshops for The Purcell School and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Junior Department. I am also in demand for working with stage and screen actors in musical scenes, and have worked frequently with Anya Taylor-Joy. In partnership with Live Music Now, I have also undertaken training in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy for high performance with Jerry Fox at Exeter University. Originally developed for athletes, this programme aims to provide strategies for greater awareness of the mind-body when operating under pressure to the best of our ability, and has become an integral part of my own performing and teaching practices.
I was born in London and enjoyed a very musical education as a scholar at Bristol Cathedral Choir School, where I studied violin, piano, and percussion, and also sang in various choirs. I played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and went on to read languages and history at King’s College London and the London School of Economics. Not long after, I was drawn back to music, and specifically to the lute with its important but lost history in a wide range of repertoires. I began taking lessons with Manuel Minguillón in London, and had frequent masterclasses with Paul O’Dette around Europe. I then completed my postgraduate studies with William Carter and David Miller at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where I was supported by a scholarship from the Guildhall School Trust.
I play a theorbo and a baroque guitar made by Klaus Jacobsen, as well as renaissance and baroque lutes made by Martin Haycock. I am a full member of the Independent Society of Musicians.
Please contact me for my latest biography.
Press reviews
‘connoisseurship of period instruments and techniques transpires on every track’
OperaWire
‘a constellation of fine soloists in concert’
Planet Hugill
‘★★★★★ ... performed with finesse’
The Times
‘Ideal ... moments of great joy, great sadness and great excitement’
Bachtrack
‘A union of heavenly glory and earthly achievement ... sometimes dreams do come true’
Opera Today
‘Brilliantly responsive’
Latest
‘Superb ... music of joyful sweetness and haunting sadness’
Plays To See
‘Musically outstanding ... superlative’
Latest
‘Full of discreet virtuosity and lovely timbres’
Planet Hugill
‘Refined and careful progressions ... exposing the modulations in a fresh, honest way’
Gscene
‘A source of constant delight throughout the evening ... the clarity of the theorbo shone through’
Early Music Today
‘Sharp and lively accompaniment ... a joy to watch’
Everything Theatre
‘connoisseurship of period instruments and techniques transpires on every track’
OperaWire
‘a constellation of fine soloists in concert’
Planet Hugill
‘★★★★★ ... performed with finesse’
The Times
‘Ideal ... moments of great joy, great sadness and great excitement’
Bachtrack
‘A union of heavenly glory and earthly achievement ... sometimes dreams do come true’
Opera Today
‘Brilliantly responsive’
Latest
‘Superb ... music of joyful sweetness and haunting sadness’
Plays To See
‘Musically outstanding ... superlative’
Latest
‘Full of discreet virtuosity and lovely timbres’
Planet Hugill
‘Refined and careful progressions ... exposing the modulations in a fresh, honest way’
Gscene
‘A source of constant delight throughout the evening ... the clarity of the theorbo shone through’
Early Music Today
‘Sharp and lively accompaniment ... a joy to watch’
Everything Theatre