THE TEAM

is an award winning, half English, half Irish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is also an award winning short film scriptwriter and composer and has had one book published "A Real Journey"

 

She started her classical music training on cello aged six and consequently played in UK youth orchestras before beginning her professional career aged 18 with her first recording session composing and recording strings for a UK rap act. This heralded the start of a session career which saw her singing and playing cello with numerous signed artists, notably doing a world tour for internationally acclaimed violinist Vanessa Mae and composing and recording cello for the UK hit artists Just Jack and Emeli Sande. She also performed in numerous t.v. programmes/pop videos/radio shows and festivals both nationally and internationally. Subsequently, she went on to develop her style signing to EMI publishing which heralded the start of a successful song writing career which has seen her write for some of the world's biggest acts. She has had multiple no. 1 gold certified album co-writes and worked on numerous top 10 hits including penning songs for platinum certified stars "Hooverphonic" and "Il Volo". She has written with musical stars from across the globe including James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Andy Dunlop (Travis), Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan), Ally McErlaine (Texas, Red Sky July) Shelly Poole (Alisha's Attic), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits).

 

She also has a BA Hons in Design from University of the Arts London where she also won the prestigious JM Dent Award. She also studied photography and ceramics, speaks fluent Italian as well as her native English and divides her time between London UK and Florence Italy where she runs non-profit writing camps for musicians.

 

She is a voting member of the Ivors Academy, PRS, Musician’s Union, AWFC (Alliance for Women Film Composers, WSA (World Soundtrack Awards), The Americana Music Association (USA) and the Folk Alliance (USA).