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2025 | ||
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4 September
Year 11 (Rugby High School)
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6 December
RAM: winning composition performed at end-of-term concert (RAM, London)
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28-29 August
Oasby Music Group: Summer Strings Workshop (Grantham)
10 August
NYO: BBC Relaxed Proms concert (Royal Albert Hall, London)
9 August
8 August
NYO: concert (Snape Maltings)
6 August
NYO: concert (Birmingham Symphony Hall)
28 July - 9 August
NYO: 13 day residential (Keele University)
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7-11 July
5 day school trip (Iceland)
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12 July
RAM: leader of end-of-year concert orchestra (RAM, London)
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28 May
age 15
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16 April
NYO: concert (Sheffield City Hall)
15 April
NYO: schools concert (The Way Youth Zone, Wolverhampton)
14 April
NYO: concert (Birmingham Town Hall)
6-16 April
NYO: 11 day residential (Uppingham School, Rutland)
21-23 February
NYO: Inspire String Ensemble 3 day residential (St Mary's Academy, Blackpool)
7 January
NYO: schools concert (Albert Hall, Nottingham)
6 January
NYO: concert (Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham)
5 January
NYO: concert (Warwick Arts Centre)
4 January
NYO: concert (Barbican Centre, London)
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2024 | ||
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28 December - 7 January
NYO: 11 day residential (Warwick University)
16 November
Rugby Rococo Players: concert - concerto (Rugby High School)
1 November
NYO Unite day (Rougemont School, Newport)
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3 September
Year 10 (Rugby High School)
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24 September
offered (and accepted) place in NYO (National Youth Orchestra)
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21 June
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition (Rugby)
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16 June
Leamington Competitive Festival
- 1st (string Sonata class) | |
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28 May
age 14
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5 May
Leamington Music Festival: Advanced Musicians concert - solo (Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa)
4 May
RMU (Rugby Musical Union): concert (Memorial Chapel, Rugby)
23 March
RMU (Rugby Musical Union): concert - solo (Memorial Chapel, Rugby)
24 January
Rotary: Young Musician competition (local heats) - 1st (Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby)
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2023 | ||
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9 December
ARSM diploma - Distinction (45/50) (Royal Academy of Music, London)
14 November
school recital (Rugby High School, Rugby)
11 November
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4 September
Year 9 (Rugby High School)
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13 August
NCO: concert as violin 2 leader (Sheffield City Hall)
6 August
NCO (National Children’s Orchestra): residential (Rossall School, Lancashire)
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3 July
ABRSM grade 4 piano - Merit (121/150) (St George’s Church, Rugby)
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2 July
Rugby Sinfonia: (50 years) concert (Temple Speech Room, Rugby)
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28 May
age 13
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16 April
NCO: concert (Lighthouse Poole)
9 April
NCO (National Children’s Orchestra): residential (Sherbourne, Dorset)
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26 March
Taekwon-Do green belt (ITF)
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1 April
RMU (Rugby Musical Union): concert - solo (Memorial Chapel, Rugby)
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2022 | ||
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17 October
offered (and accepted) place in NCO (National Children’s Orchestra)
10 September
first day at Royal Academy of Music "Junior Academy" (London)
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5 September
Year 8 (Rugby High School)
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6 August
NCO: concert (Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon)
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23 July
artistic skating competition (Newton Aycliffe, nr Durham)
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31 July
NCO (National Children’s Orchestra): residential (Sherbourne, Dorset)
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20 June
Taekwon-Do green-tag belt (ITF)
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18 June
Leamington Competitive Festival:
- 1st & 3rd (2x Distinction) | |
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28 May
age 12
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11 April
accepted place at Royal Academy of Music "Junior Academy"
10 April
NCO (National Children’s Orchestra): residential (nr Shaftsbury)
1 April
ABRSM grade 8 - Distinction (135/150) (St George’s Church, Rugby)
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3 March
Taekwon-Do yellow belt (ITF)
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12 February
27 January
Rotary: Young Musician competition (local heats) - 2nd (Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby)
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2021 | ||
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3 December
ABRSM grade 2 piano - Distinction (141/150) (St George’s Church, Rugby)
21 November
artistic skating competition (Bolton, Greater Manchester) - 1st
7 November
Taekwon-Do yellow-tag belt (ITF)
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8 September
Year 7 (Rugby High School)
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1 August
Young Grittleton: residential (nr Chippenham)
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28 May
age 11
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20 June
Leamington Competitive Festival:
- 2nd (Distinction) February
offered full music scholarship to an independent school
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2020 | ||
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7 November
11+ test (240) (Ashlawn School, Rugby)
2 September
Year 6 (Dunchurch Junior)
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30 November
ABRSM grade 7 - Distinction (133/150) (Rugby School)
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28 May
age 10
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31 May
Virtual Benedetti Sessions Concert (appear 15x in video)
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23 March
COVID19 lockdown
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22 May
Musician of the week (Warwickshire)
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4 March
ABRSM grade 5 music theory - Merit (81/100) (Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby)
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9 February
Benedetti Foundation: String orchestra workshop (Birmingham)
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2019 | ||
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13 October
artistic skating competition (Tiptree, Essex)
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8 December
Christmas pub gig at The Bull Inn (Clifton, Rugby)
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2 September
Year 5 (Dunchurch Junior)
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10 October
sudden, tragic death of much loved violin teacher, Alan Broadbent
30 June
performed with Stringfever as part of StringFest concert (Rugby)
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15 June
ABRSM grade 3 music theory - Merit (80/100) (Kingsley School, Leamington)
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15 June
Leamington Competitive Festival:
- 2x 1st (2x Distinction) | |
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28 May
age 9
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4 May
Rugby concert - solo (St Peter & St John’s Church, Rugby)
20 March
Rugby Sinfonia concert - 2 solos
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2018 | ||
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3 September
Year 4 (Dunchurch Junior)
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4 December
ABRSM grade 4 - Distinction (134/150) (Rugby School)
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28 May
age 8
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5 July
ABRSM grade 3 - Distinction (135/150) (Rugby)
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2017 | ||
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4 September
Year 3 (Dunchurch Junior)
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7 December
ABRSM grade 2 - Distinction (136/150) (Rugby)
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28 May
age 7
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6 July
ABRSM grade 1 - Distinction (134/150) (Rugby)
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2016 | ||
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5 September
Year 2 (Dunchurch Infant)
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28 May
age 6
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April
violin lessons at school (against parent’s better judgement)
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2015 | ||
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1 September
Year 1 (Dunchurch Infant)
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28 May
age 5
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