I am a freelance Creative Practitioner specialising in work as a composer, academic, director, performer, and photographer. My freelance work portfolio is diverse and I enjoy the multiplicity of my skillset. I am also a Senior Lecturer in Music and Musical Theatre at York St. John University, York, UK.
I have a PhD in Composition - ‘The Dynamics of Mutuality in the Composer and Performer Relationship’ - from the University of York, where I studied with Professor Roger Marsh. As a composer, I am interested in people and how they shape my music. I prefer to collaborate when creating work and always aim for a person-centred, journey-led approach. For films of my work, please see my YouTube page and follow me on Instagram.
There is music from my Soundcloud on this site and the Gallery showcases my film photography.
My research explores collaborative and embodied processes, where close relationships are formed with co-creators and diverse communities, resulting in therapeutic creative experiences. Currently I am engaging with autoethnographic creative practice research for live performance and academic publication exploring the interrelationship of autobiography, psychotherapy, and narrative medicine using both the body and viola as medium, material and voice.