Qualifications

Graded Examinations

• Passed the highest graded Jazz Saxophone qualification (ABRSM) dropping only three marks and giving a performance described by the examiner as "sublime".
• Passed the highest graded Clarinet qualification (Guildhall School of Music & Drama) with honours.
• Passed the highest graded Theory of Music qualification (ABRSM).

Education

• Graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Music (BMus) from Christ Church University in Canterbury.
• Achieved three AS levels and three A levels; all A & B grades.
• Achieved twelve GCSEs with 7 A* and 5 A grades.

Awards

• Rickards Memorial Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Improvised Music.
• Scudamore Composition Prize.