He trained as a conductor with Martyn Brabbins and Jorma Panula before embarking in 2011 on a career combining his twin passions of composing and the great outdoors. In 2012 he held a composing residency at The Banff Centre in the Rockies, Canada, where his mentor was Henk Guittart, founder of the Schoenberg Ensemble. His compositions and journeys often explore ecological themes and include orchestral, chamber and choral works. Recent projects include The Singing Glacier, commissioned by The Little Baroque Company and inspired by a climbing expedition to the glacier system east of Sermiligaq Fjord in Greenland in August 2016 with poet Helen Mort and film director Richard Jones.