BMus(Hons) PGDip(RCM) FRSM
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I was born in Vancouver and grew up in rural Michigan. As a teenager, I moved to the UK and completed secondary school. I studied piano performance at Birmingham Conservatoire with Simon Nicholls, and at the Royal College of Music with Gordon Fergus-Thompson. During my studies, I played in masterclasses for many well-known pianists, including Daniel Hoexter, Vanessa Latarche, Vladimir Tropp, Bryce Morrison, Andrew Zolinsky, David Quigley, Murray Machlachlan, and Orit Wolf.
While at Birmingham Conservatoire, I recorded live for the 'Discovering Music' programme on BBC Radio 3, playing Bach on both harpsichord and modern piano. I also participated in an event organised by well-known British pianist and broadcaster David Owen-Norris in which myself and 7 other pianists performed his 'Revolutionary Etude', an arrangement of Chopin's Op.10/12 Etude Revolutionary for 4 pianos and 16 hands.
In addition to solo playing, I perform regularly in London venues and in Sweden with Duo Laks, myself and violinist Karin Laks (Björk).
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Outside of performing, I work as a piano and theory teacher, as well as on the panel of ABRSM grade examiners.
