I have a broad professional background spanning music research, writing, production, performance, and education.

I hold a doctorate in music from the University of Oxford, where I continue to teach as an undergraduate tutor.

Alongside my university teaching, I have several years’ experience teaching piano, guitar, trumpet, and music theory to private students across a wide range of levels.

Please see my CV below:

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Education and qualifications

  • 2020-23 – University of Oxford, DPhil Music – ‘Who We Be: The Musical and Social Aesthetics of Grime in London’.

  • 2019-20 – University of Oxford, MSt Music (Musicology), Distinction.

  • 2016-19 – MusB University of Manchester, First Class Hons.

Publications, Articles, and Conference Papers

  • "Szymanowski’s Third Symphony: Tradition and the Orient." Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology 12.1 (2019).

  • “‘A Mass can never interest, but only dumbfound us’: Chorus and ‘Chorality’ in Wagner’s late Music Dramas.” The Wagner Journal (Summer 2021).

  • “Dave’s PSYCHODRAMA and the aesthetics of environment” (speaker), Musicology in Progress, University of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy (2023).

  • “Wiley’s Treddin’ on Thin Ice at 20: revisiting a blueprint that continues to shape grime,” The Conversation https://theconversation.com/wileys-treddin-on-thin-ice-at-20-revisiting-a-blueprint-that-continues-to-shape-grime-224019 (April 2024).

  • “Forensic Musicology: An Introduction” (speaker), Invitational Lecture, University of Oxford, 2026.

  • "The Artificial Composer: A Forensic Musicology Perspective on Artificial Intelligence and Music" (speaker), Artificial Intelligence and Human Creativity, Oriel College, University of Oxford (2026).