My musical career started when I was just sixteen with my first ever professional gig playing second oboe at a concert in the beautiful Great Malvern Priory. Although I really loved playing the oboe, I always felt that there was something ‘in the way’ of my communicating – it was only when I started to pursue singing seriously that I realised the oboe itself was what was in the way! As a singer my body is my instrument and I feel most in touch with myself when I’m singing; a feeling that’s taken a long time to understand but one that is very precious to me. With training at the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance (and a 6 month’s position at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in between), I’ve been a freelance singer now for over twenty years and I’ve had a BLAST! I’ve visited parts of the world I never thought I would see through singing on cruise ships; I’ve performed to 10,000 people in Trafalgar Square after winning an opera competition; I’ve jumped-in with just twenty minutes notice to sing solo in a televised concert; I’ve sung backing vocals in Saudi Arabia for Sarah Brightman; and through it all I’ve made wonderful, lifelong friends and made music with people who inspire and encourage me to be the best musician I can be.