Timeline
2011 October - Makes US debut with Boise Philharmonic
2011 Debut with Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra, conducting Mahler Symphony No 10
2008 Tour to China with Essex Youth Orchestra
2008 Makes first professional studio recording (The music of John Hopkins, UHRecordings 2008)
2008 Attends Neeme Jarvi Summer Academy in Parnu, Estonia, studying with Neeme and Paavo Jarvi
2007 Launches series of successful family concerts, collaborating with Author and Illustrator James Mayhew
2007 Establishes Essex Youth Chamber Orchestra
2006 Debut with professional ensemble Chelmsford Sinfonietta
2005 Appointed Musical Director of Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra
2004 First visit to Trinity College of Music, conducting TCM Sinfonia
2004 Appointed Conducting teacher (and director of) conducting program at Southampton University
2004 Appointed Musical Director of De Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra
2003 Studies with Joseph Gifford in Elba, Italy
2003 Appointed Musical Director of Petersfield Orchestra
2002 First visit to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, conducting Junior Department Symphony Orchestra
1999 Appointed Musical Director of Essex Youth Orchestra
1998 D&L Foundation Grant, awarded by Benjamin Zander, enabling visit to Tanglewood Music Center
1997 First Appointments as Music Director: Winchester Chamber Orchestra and Southampton University Symphony Orchestra
1996 Debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Barbican (broadcast on Classic FM)
1996 In residence at Banff Centre, Canada with Dorset Youth Orchestra
1995 Salvesen Baton Award
1995 Wins inaugural Boosey & Hawkes Award at the Edinburgh Festival, conducting a widely-praised performance of Michael Torke’s Bright Blue Music.
1994 Attends conductors class at Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy, studying with Ilya Musin and Myung-Whun Chung
1994 Completes Masters Degree at UEA, Norwich
1994 Takes second prize in the NAYO Conducting Competition
1991-93 Lay Clerk in Choir of Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire
1990 Earliest conducting training, with George Hurst at Canford Summer School
1989 Completes Bachelor of Music Degree, Kings College, London
