Help support my masters course at the Royal College of Music

Currently approaching the end of my cello undergraduate studies under Professor Raphael Wallfisch, I am looking for help to fund my master's degree for the next two years at the Royal College of Music, London, having been offered a place for 2025/26.

While the costs to continue my studies here are very high, I would be

extremely grateful to not only continue my studies with my professor, but also to continue composing music for film and TV, which I only began doing over the last two years. I strongly believe that there is still so much more I can take from my professor, and even another two years would not be enough (I'd likely need an extra lifetime!), as well as to take from RCM's orchestral schemes and projects, as well as using the composition suite and recording studio to gain vital experience in both composition, and sound recording and production.

By the end of masters, I would want to feel ready to audition for orchestras of all genres (classical music, film, ballet, opera and musical theatre), take part in recording sessions at studios in London and begin composing jingles and music for short films.

Each of the two years of my masters studies would cost £14,500... an absurd amount which on my own, I would have no hope of raising. Please consider helping me in completing the final part of my education. I would love to be able to study for two years, but there is also a possibility of switching to an 'intensive' one year masters course if I cannot finance two years. Any amount would be incredibly helpful!

BIOGRAPHY -

I have been studying the cello since the age of 7, studying at the Royal College of Music's Junior Department for 9 years, and have been a member of both the National Children's Orchestra of GB (2015-16), and the National Youth Orchestra of GB (2019-2021), performing at the BBC Proms, Southbank Centre and Barbican Centre on multiple occasions, with renowned artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Nicola Benedetti, Xiayin Wang and Alina Pogotskina. I have also taken part in classes and masterclasses by Zuill Bailey, Gautier Capucon, Rebecca Gilliver and Julian Lloyd-Webber.

I'm an avid lover of film music and enjoy making my own arrangements and covers of soundtracks for cello ensembles, some of which I have recorded and uploaded to my YouTube channel.

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