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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Ipswich, United Kingdom

I work with international bands, creating virtual orchestrations for world-class producers such as Jens Bogren, Tue Madsen, and Brett Caldas-Lima, both at home and abroad. Collaborators include Amorphis, Moonspell, Hatesphere and many more that can be heard in the showreels and portfolio below. This work requires me to make use of my skills in composition, orchestration, arrangement, production and songwriting, as well as my knowledge of performing metal music on guitar, bass, voice, and drums.To create my virtual orchestrations, I write the orchestral parts using guitar and keyboard midi input, playing industry standard virtual instruments in Logic Pro X. To add nuance and detail to virtual performances, I shape the sound with the Livid Guitar Wing and Sensel Morph controllers. I then collaborate with either the band and/or the producer to establish the final version via a process of constructive draft evaluation, before delivering the finished orchestration to the producer so that it can be worked into their mix for the song.

Wivenhoe, England, United Kingdom

I created, scheduled and delivered information literacy workshops, both in person and online for students and researchers at the University of Essex. I also contributed to library events, focus weeks, and social media promotion.

Colchester, United Kingdom

This creative work involved making music that fulfilled the criteria of a production brief, which tended to request tracks in a specific, current, and popular style to be produced in a short time-frame to an industry standard. Once composed and produced, the music was added to the extensive library of albums that Alibi has to offer for it's international clients in the film, television, and computer-games advertising industry.Amongst other track placements, my creative work for Alibi can be heard in the video 'ISS: A Step Closer to Deep Space' by Boeing/NASA, and 'Snowflake' by Hershey's Chocolate, which has clocked over 2 million views on YouTube so far. More recently, a drumline composition of mine was used by Carhartt in one of their advertisements.A large selection of my productions for Alibi can be heard here: www.orchestralmetal.com/production

Colchester & Clacton, Uk

Supastars Academy was an independent rock school teaching children from 9-14 years old practical musical skills, and developing their passion and creativity for music. Through my dedication and involvement at the academy, it transformed from weekend workshops to eventually include summer-schools and after-school sessions.As well as teaching guitar, bass, and drums to the students, I prepared accessible, tailored and accurate learning resources to meet the skill level and age range of the children. The experience of working at Supastars Academy enhanced my organisation and time management skills, as well as strengthening my ability to be patient and to teach in a dynamic way which reacts and adapts to the progress of the pupil during the lesson.

Colchester & Ipswich

Private tuition, consisting of up to a dozen guitar lessons a fortnight, spread between 15 Queen Street (a ‘creative hub’ in Colchester) and at my previous home in Ipswich. Students ranged from young children to adults, and from beginner to advanced abilities. Styles of music taught included pop, rock, acoustic, and metal. Music theory and bass guitar lessons were also provided. Composition work mainly consisted of either orchestration, string arrangements or vocal backing for bands. During this creative period, projects included orchestrations for 'Garden of Dystopia'​ by Divine Disorder (Kuwait) and 'Ageless'​ by Shadowdance (USA). I also wrote vocal arrangements for the album 'Death of a Rose'​ by Fornost Arnor (UK), and string arrangements for Animal Noise's debut album, 'Run Loose' (UK).

Colchester, United Kingdom

I used my in-depth knowledge to give excellent advice to customers, implementing my proactive nature and keen enthusiasm for the equipment to boost product sales. As well as this, I carried out musical instrument maintenance and repairs when required with great attention to detail and utmost care for the customer's property.

Colchester, United Kingdom

I acted as amanuensis for the famous composer David Fanshawe, digitizing his well-known handwrittencompositions into notation software so that they could be republished by Oxford University Press.Additionally whilst in this role, I digitally transcribed music by John Crossley-Hayes and Guirne Creith for publication and performance of their long-lost works.

Ipswich, United Kingdom

I taught private guitar and bass lessons, and ran two summer-schools for small groups of students whilst also working in the shop.

Master’S Degree, Music, Merit

Activities and Societies: Composition & Arrangement. Chamber Choir, Contemporary Classical & Jazz Fusion Ensembles.

Bachelor’S Degree, Music, 2:1 (With Honours)

Activities and Societies: Composition, production, and performance. Choirs, Jazz Ensembles, Orchestras, Metal Bands.