I am a Professor of Songwriting based at The Institute Contemporary Music Performance in London, and a Principle Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My day job is Head of School; Music Performance and Creation at ICMP, with responsibility for all our Higher Education Programmes in these areas.

I am also an experienced public speaker and during AY23/24, I am presenting at international conferences on my ‘Why We Write Songs’ community research project, which will be published as a book in 2024.

From January 2024, I am a contributing ‘Six Musicologist’ on BBC 6 Music’s drive time show with Huw Stephens.

I am also the Programme Leader for the Masters Songwriting at ICMP, a Director at The F List, an External Examiner for Music BAs at two UK Universities, and a writing and performing artist researching new feminist applications for Songwriting as ‘Liberty’s Mother’.

I am dedicated to combining quality higher education with expert industry training in contemporary songwriting and am passionate about equality, creativity and personal development. With a background in the commercial music business, I now have a particular interest in the non-commercial research based purposes for songwriting.