About

Vicky is currently working as a freelance flautist and teacher within the Cardiff area. After being selected for a professional placement with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera for three consecutive years, she has since started working as an extra player for them. Vicky is also an extra for the Welsh Sinfonia chamber orchestra and has performed as a member of the National Symphony Orchestra. She has performed regularly with the Cardiff Sinfonietta, an orchestra that brings together young musicians from across the UK. Vicky has also played principal flute for Opera D’draig’s recent production of Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’.

As well as orchestral work,Vicky also has experience playing for theatre productions and has played for shows run by the Orbit Theatre Company and the Unknown Theatre Company. Vicky also enjoys working as a chamber musician, especially as a part of the successful flute and guitar duo, Animé (for more information see the Animé Duo page). As a soloist, Vicky has experienced success as the winner of the Instrumental Class at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod in 2010, and as a finalist in the Llangollen International Eisteddfod Instrumental Soloist Aged 16-30 Class in 2008.

Teaching is also an enjoyable part of Vicky’s career. She teaches flute, piano and saxophone privately and as a teacher for the Cardiff and Vale Music Service (CAVMS) She has also been activly involved in the community project ‘Making Music Changing Lives’, which is based is Ely, Cardiff. As part of this project, Vicky helps to coach the orchestra's woodwind players and also assists in running warm up games. In 2009, Vicky also successfully achieved the DipABRSM in the principles of flute teaching.

While pursuing her freelance career, Vicky is also studying on the Master of Music postgraduate course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with the support of the EMI Sound Foundation. Here she is studying flute with Jonathan Burgess and Sarah Newbold and piccolo with Nic Dowton and Andrew Lane. During her first year as a postgraduate, she was selected to represent the college in the Royal Welsh Wind Quintet alongside Meyrick Alexander, bassoonist and Head of Woodwind at the college. She has also been involved with many college ensembles, including playing principal flute in both the chamber and symphony orchestra.

Before beginning her postgraduate study, Vicky graduated with First Class Honours from the BMus (Hons) undergraduate degree course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she was also presented with the HTV Study award. During her study, Vicky has been privileged to take part in masterclasses from Sir James Galway, Michael Cox, Fenwick Smith and Phillippa Davies.