Life Higlights
- Born and raised in England, now in Los Angeles by way of Miami.
- Began playing cello at 2, trombone at 7 and taught myself keys and bass along the way.
- Received a double performance degree from University of Miami in jazz trombone and cello.
- Opened the very first Jazz on Edge Festival with my original electronic-jazz group in 2008.
- Since the age of 19, toured the world on cello, trombone, keys, and vocals with many big artists, including Kanye West, Josh Groban, Macy Gray, Rhye, Nostalghia, and Frank Ocean.
- Performing on TV playing cello and trombone on the last three seasons of American Idol, bass and trombone on the last two seasons of Glee, and multiple appearances on a number of different TV shows including, Chuck, The Voice, various PBS specials, The Tonight Show, Dancing With the Stars, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
- Recorded and was a featured soloist for the Twilight Breaking Dawn movie.
- Performed and appeared on a TV special directed by David Lynch with Duran Duran, also performing with them at Coachella the same year.
- Trombonist in the house band for the BET Awards Show in 2012.
- Recorded on some favourite records from the past couple of years including releases from Lana Del Rey, PJ Morton, Quadron, Macy Gray, Laura Mvula, Laura Welsh, and Niia.
- Performed a solo with Miley Cyrus on MTV's Unplugged and then shared the stage with Madonna in the same night!