I epitomise life as a 21st-century guitarist. My diversity as a performer, educator, arranger, composer and creative entrepreneur is reflected in the broad spectrum of guitar studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) where I am Head of Guitar Performance.

My international performing career has centred on chamber music with highlight performances at the Southbank Centre, Kings Place and the Guitar Foundation of America. Alongside this, my impetus to create opportunities for young guitarists led to me founding the music education charity Guitar Circus, home of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble and the World Youth Guitar Festival.

My passion as an educator has continued since becoming a Churchill Fellow with my research into guitar programmes in the USA, and I am embarking on developing a Whole Class Guitar Ensemble programme for Welsh primary schools based on this research in partnership with RWCMD.

I am often invited to competition juries, including BBC Young Musician of the Year, Guitar Foundation of America, London International Guitar Competition and the Sky Arts 'Guitar Star' series.