Professional saxophone lessons

I graduated with distinction from the Masters programme at Royal College of Music and hold a first class honours BMus degree from the Birmingham Conservatoire. I won several competitions, including the Winifred Micklam Prize, the Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Prize, and was Highly Commended in both the Doris Newton Music Club Prize and the Royal College of Music Concerto Prize. I have performed with Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Louis Andriessen and Michael Finnissy. I premiered Ed Bennett’s saxophone concerto ‘Do Not Bend’ and performs with contemporary music group Decibel. I am a founding member of contemporary saxophone quartet Syzygy.

Recordings include ‘Intervention’ with free jazz saxophonist Paul Dunmall; 'Dzama Stories' & 'My Broken Machines' with Decibel; and 'Songs for the Coming Day' with Syzygy. Solo improvisations have also been broadcast BBC Radio 3. I have performed at a number of British and World Saxophone Congresses. With over two decades’ experience, I teach at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Junior Conservatoire and the Lady Eleanor Holles School. I have taught masterclasses at Trinity College of Music & Birmingham University and examined and adjudicated for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Several of my students have won national competitions in recent years.