
About the Artist
Biography
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Victoria began her musical journey at the age of 8 studying both flute and piano. By age 14 she had achieved grade 8 on the flute. Victoria is an accomplished musician having held the position of Bristol City Wait and became the official minstrel for the Mayor of Bristol for a year. During this time she performed in the Colston Hall, St George's and the Lord Mayor's Chapel. By age 15 she had gained a place in Bristol Pre-Conservatoire and a seat in the Bristol School's Philharmonia Orchestra, where she progressed to principal flute within a year. Victoria has also previously been invited to play with the Orchestra of the Swan.
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Victoria has graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire with a First Class Honours degree in 2021. During the BMus performance course, she specialised in flute playing and music teaching.
She has learnt under a number of top flautists including: Susan Milan, Fiona Kelly, Eliza Marshall, Anna Pope and Christopher Green. Victoria has set up numerous ensembles; including FlautingIt, the Wren Trio, Lumos Duo and a Air On A Harp String. She is also principle flute in the Cinematic Syncopations Orchestra, guests with the Lambeth Orchestra and also plays and records with the Electric Earth Orchestra.
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Victoria is very active in the music community, running various projects across London and helping to transition many of these into exciting online courses. One of her most notable projects is the MusicOnWheels Brent project, taking place from November 2019 to August 2020. This was a 3 term project teaching music to children in disadvantaged communities on a specially renovated double decker bus. As part of MusicOnWheels, Victoria has also helped create several 8-week online courses for children across London.
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She has also helped with the running of Animate Online and ran her own courses as Notate Create Innovate. More information can be found out about this on the projects page.
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Victoria has run a number of courses at Blackheath Conservatoire including Intro To Flute, Fantastic Flutes, Roundabout and Flutey Tooties holiday sessions and the Flute Choir and Play! Flute term time courses.​
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She has also been busy producing family solo flute concerts as part of her Unseen Flute series as well as recording albums with the Electric Earth Orchestra.
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Awards:
December 2021 - Received the Vivian Prindl Outreach Prize
September 2017 - Awarded the Nora Kilip trophy for Music
October 2014 - The Diana Lee Prize for a Woodwind Player
2014, 2015 and 2016 - Awarded music prize from Colston’s Girls’ School
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Competitions:
April 2022 - Syrinx International Flute Competition - Placed 3rd in Open Advanced Category
March 2016 - Thornbury Eisteddfod winner of 15 – 17 year old woodwind
April 2016 - Reached the Two Moors Competition final
October 2015 - Woodwind winner BCCS Interhouse Music Competition open final
March 2012 - Bristol Festival of Music, Ensemble, First Place with Distinction
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Teaching
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Victoria has previously graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire with a First Class Honours degree with a 2 year specialism in teaching music. After moving back from London, her teaching is now largely based in Yate, Bristol and online. Victoria enjoys all genres and can play and teach anything from contemporary to Baroque. She also regularly plays other instruments in the flute family as well as recorder, clarinet, saxophone and piano.
From a young age, Victoria was involved with teaching others and sharing her love for music, leading flute ensembles at her school and helping younger students with their studies. She then went on to work in a primary school as a lunch time supervisor and has volunteered in church primary groups.
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Victoria has previously participated in a collaborative arts projects in a local special needs secondary school. She went in once a week to work with them on their music and creative skills which culminated in a performance at the end of the term. She is committed to inclusivity in her practice which in 2023 she explored further in the East London Sound Connections project.
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Victoria has over 6 years experience teaching one-to-one private tuition with varying ages of student all the way from age 5 to retirement. She currently teaches a mixture of flute, recorder and piano and tailors every lesson to the individual's needs. She has also previously entered her students for ABRSM and Trinity exams (from prep test to ARSM Diploma), in which they have attained 100% pass rate including a 58% distinction rate.
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Within Blackheath Conservatoire, Victoria has run a number of her own courses: Intro to Flute, Fantastic Flutes and Flutey Tooties which have been very popular over the holidays. She has also taught on the Roundabout, Play! Flute courses and takes Flute Choir for term time group lessons, helping children and adults progress their playing through all levels.
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Victoria was also part of the Lewisham Music team and has taught across 4 different primary schools in the Lewisham borough. She has experience teaching a combination of whole class recorder, small group flute, saxophone, clarinet and theory. She has also previously joined with their schools project: Animate Online.
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"I am an encouraging and enthusiastic person and love to see the progress that students make each week. I will help my students set achievable goals and devise plans on how to get them there in creative and enjoyable ways. Using their strengths, I will tailor the lessons to the individual's needs and teach in the style that best suits them, whether it's through graded exams, new activities, extended techniques or playing folk for fun!"