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I grew up in Aberdare, a town in the South Wales valleys about 40 minutes north-west of Cardiff. 

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After starting piano lessons aged 7 and performing throughout school, I began playing for church services on the organ aged 14, accompanying choirs and joined a band aged 16 and attended a National Youth Jazz Wales summer course aged 18.

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Whilst studying an undergrad in Computer Science at Swansea Uni I was also Music Director for the Choral Society. The society had a lot of success, winning a number of awards and gaining many loyal members, many of whom I'm lucky to still call friends today.

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After graduating, I decided to persue music as a career and studied a 2 year MA in Composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. At the same time, my choir Rechoir began with a number of former Swansea Uni Choral Society friends as founding members, and we're still going strong today.

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Since completing my Master's I have forged a varied portfolio career encompassing roles from rehearsal pianist to MD and copyist to composer. I enjoy the creativity and problem solving that comes with creative jobs such as orchestrating and composing, but I also love being in the room with other creative minds when projects require rehearsing, playing and workshopping.

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At present, I'd identify the key aspects of my career to be Music Direction, Conducting, Orchestrating, Keyboard Programming and Playing (piano, organ, accordion and keyboards). These roles allow me a good balance between the often solitary creative side of the business and the more sociable and collaborative side.