Education
MA in Music (2024 – Present)
The Open University
Currently undertaking a postgraduate programme focusing on advanced research in music, cultural theory, and digital practice.
- Modules: Researching Music, Music and Politics, and Digital Musicianship
- Focus areas: Music in society, composition for digital media, performance analysis
- Skills developing: Academic writing, musicological research, digital audio production
BA (Hons) in Music (Graduated 2024)
The Open University
A broad and practice-based degree exploring the theory, history, and performance of Western and global music traditions.
- Modules: Music Technology, A History of Western Music, Composition in Context
- Final project: “Digital Landscapes” – a multi-movement composition combining Irish folk textures and ambient electronics
- Skills developed: Critical listening, composition, arranging, and proficiency in DAWs (Ableton Live, Logic Pro)
Listen: Digital Landscapes Project
Certificate in Creative Music Making (2025 – 2026)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (with The Open University)
An intensive certificate course blending online learning with an in-person residential, focused on ensemble skills and creative collaboration.
- Topics: Improvisation, group composition, creative use of music technology
- Included a residential intensive week at Trinity Laban’s Greenwich campus
- Skills developed: Ensemble performance, arranging, creative leadership
ABRSM Music Theory – Grade 1 (Completed 2019)
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Introduced to fundamental music theory, including staff notation, rhythm, time signatures, key signatures, and scales.