About me

I recently graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. During my time at university I have been heavily involved in extra curricular music, as a choral scholar in the chapel choir of the Queen’s College (2017-20), solo singer with the University of Oxford Jazz Orchestra (OUJO) 2019-20, and a member of the Oxford Gargoyles student-run jazz a cappella group, of which I was Publicity officer in 2017-19 and Musical Director in 2018-19. I have also performed as a solo classical singer and in classical vocal consorts. I enjoy a wide range of musical genres but am particularly passionate about classical and jazz music, spending most of my spare time listening to or making it. I am a keen composer and achieved a first for the portfolio of 4 contemporary classical compositions I submitted for my bachelor's degree. With experience of working in a fast-paced environment, I am resilient, hardworking and a fast learner, and have learned to produce high quality, detailed work within a short period of time. I speak fluent English and Danish and French at a conversational level (limited working proficiency). Having studied essay subjects including Latin and French at A Level and English Literature to AS level, I have developed strong written communication skills. I gained my teamwork and interpersonal skills through extensive collaborative performance and academic group work whilst at university, as well as by working for At Your Service Event Staffing in a number of hospitality roles, and in a diverse range of volunteering roles. With experience as a tutor and a shop assistant for Cancer Research, I love to work with and for other people, and thrive in roles that require friendly communication as well as creativity and professionalism.

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Work history

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Open-Day Student AmbassadorSt Hugh's College, University of Oxford
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019St Margaret's Rd, Oxford OX2 6LE, UKFreelance
Student Ambassador at St. Hugh's College Open Day: ⚬ Touring and advising prospective students ⚬ Directing visitors to the college from the centre of town
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Musical DirectorThe Oxford Gargoyles Vocal Jazz Group
Jun 2018 - Oct 2019Oxford, United KingdomPart Time
⚬ Directing group rehearsals and auditions ⚬ Directing and rehearsing the group's show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival ⚬ Leading an a cappella workshop at St Albans Girls' School ⚬ Directing group recordings and liaising with producers This role gave me the most responsibility I have had to date. Directing 12 other singers for rehearsals, recordings and concerts gave me highly valuable leadership experience, requiring constant decision-making, effective time management and goal-setting. By balancing discipline with constructive feedback and help for those who needed it, I learned to manage any problems or tensions that arose in an effective and sensitive manner. I was able to develop my presentation and communication skills by leading an a cappella workshop for school students and speaking on behalf of the group at concerts and gigs.

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Skills

• Singing
• Jazz Singing
• Classical Music
• Composition
• Apple Keynote
• Teamworking
• Communication
• Customer Service
• Music Arrangements
• Music Composition
• Music Marketing
• Musical Direction
• Essay Writing
• Adobe Indesign
• Microsoft Office
• Camera Direction
• Danish
• Fluent English
• Basic French
• Organisation

Education

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Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of Oxford
Oct 2017 - Sep 2020Oxford, United Kingdom
Graduated in October 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Music, 2:1 My music bachelor's degree covered a range of disciplines: ⚬ Weekly academic essay writing on the history of and cultural issues surrounding music from a wide variety of musical styles and eras (ranging from Bach's Keyboard Music and C18th Opera to Global Hip Hop, Grime, Punk and the Rave Scene) ⚬ Presenting individual and group presentations to fellow students ⚬ Two submitted coursework essays on Scandinavian Classical Music in the 19th and 20th centuries ⚬ Composition, for which my final submitted portfolio of 4 original compositions received a 1st ⚬ Techniques of composition ⚬ Solo Performance (Vocal) - examined in the form of a 40-minute live recital ⚬ Musical Analysis and Criticism ⚬ Orchestration ⚬ Taking part in a student-run production of a newly commissioned opera, in which I was responsible for set design and construction and played as a member of the band Activities & Societies: The Oxford Gargoyles (Jazz A Cappella Group), The Kites (A Cappella Group), Oxford University Jazz Orchestra (Vocal Soloist), Chapel Choir of the Queen's College, The Mercury Consort (8 member Vocal Consort), Deputy Singing with the Pusey House Chapel Choir and the Chapel Choirs of Merton College and Exeter College.
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CompositionSound and Music Summer School
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016The Purcell School, Aldenham Road, Bushey WD23 2TS, UK
⚬ 2-week Composition summer school at the Purcell School in August 2016, composing an original piece for professional female vocal trio 'Juice', who performed the piece for staff and students at the end of the course ⚬ Attending workshops in jazz, film, world and classical composition

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