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:
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).