I am a currently in the final year of my PhD student at Cardiff University, studying under the guidance of Dr Robert Fokkens. Briefly, my PhD looks at the representation of female characters in the Bible and the Mabinogion. I look at how the women are portrayed, predominantly by men and aim to tell their stories programatically reflecting on their stories from a female perspective. I have recently taken part in BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Composition: Wales, where my piece Ternion was workshopped and performed. I was chosen to take part in this years Psappha Composing for... scheme. I wrote The Magdalene for violist Heather Wallington. This will be premiered on YouTube Premiere shortly. I won the Cardiff University Alumni Composition Competition 2020. A performance of my Wind Ensemble piece was due to take place in Wales Millennium Centre in March, working with conductor David Gordon Shute. However this has been postponed due to Covid 19. I wrote a piece for Cardiff ESTA String Day 2020, my piece was rehearsed and performed by a mixed ability String Ensemble in the Cardiff University Concert Hall in February. During November 2019 I was selected to take part in a workshop with the Hermes Experiment in the Scottish Music Centre for their ‘A Night with…’ series. While in August 2019 a recording of my first commission for percussionist Kyle Lutes was released and can be found on Soundcloud and YouTube, a performance is scheduled for the future. In January 2020 a second commission from Kyle was confirmed. Ty Cerdd’s inaugural CoDI CHAMBER scheme commissioned a piece for the Berkeley Ensemble and this was preceded by a piece for the Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo; which was also commissioned by Ty Cerdd as part of their NightMusic Series at St. David’s Hall. This work has since been published by Ty Cerdd. I took part in BBC NOW Composition:Wales in 2018. My piece was workshopped and led by Tommy B. Anderson, Huw Watkins and Tansy Davies. I took part in the Vale of Glamorgan Peter Reynold’s Composer Studio in 2017, working with John Metcalf and Robert Fokkens in a series of tutorials and a workshop with New York based Grand Band ensemble. I participated in Psappha’s Young Composers scheme, working with Tim Williams. This piece was recorded and is available on Youtube and Soundcloud. I have been to events held by Ty Cerdd and Royal Philharmonic society where there are discussions with professionals in the music industry.