Michelle studied Recorder at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and graduated with a First Class Honours in 2010; since then, she has enjoyed a varied portfolio career.
She teaches recorder in many Birmingham schools as well as at the RBC Junior Department. Michelle is the conductor the Heart of England Recorder Orchestra, Phoenix Recorder Orchestra and the Birmingham Schools’ Recorder Sinfonia. She is a course conductor for the National Youth Recorder Orchestra, and has also tutored for the Recorder Summer School. Recently she has conducted her teenage recorder orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
As a performer she plays wild, eclectic folk music with her band Bonfire Radicals, as well as performing with historical chamber group Florisma and the contemporary group Decibel (which sees the recorder as an integral part of a 9-piece amplified ensemble). She has played live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, and at a variety of venues, ranging from London’s Cadogan Hall and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, to tiny underground folk clubs and muddy fields!
Michelle is passionate about the therapeutic benefits of music, and volunteers on mental health songwriting projects and also with a choir supporting those who have experienced homelessness.
