Who I am and my goals
I am a twenty-one year old musician based in Scotland. I grew up in Aberdeen but I am now based in Edinburgh where I study BMus (Hons) at Edinburgh Napier University and have just finished my third year. I have always shown interest in music ever since I was a young girl, but my interests blossomed when I was ten years old and I joined my school choir and began learning the trumpet; fast forward eleven years and I now have grade 8 with merit in tuba! I am heavily involved in the brass band community – I have been banding since the age of 15 and I have attended the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland (NYBBS) multiple times and I have performed with the reserve and senior band. I also now work with SBBA (The Scottish Brass Band Association) as a co-host of the SBBA Speaks Podcast. Outwith my studies I also am taking piano and voice lessons at Morningside School of Music and I am involved in the Edinburgh Napier Chamber Choir as the president for the 2022/2023 session.
I study music because I genuinely love it, and I want to use music to make an impact on others and help people. I have wanted to be a music therapist for many years and my current goal is to do the best that I can in my undergraduate degree to achieve a place on a masters course in music therapy.
Current projects/job roles
Casual Support Worker at The Action Group
Choral Scholar at St Cuthbert’s Parish Church
Wellbeing Officer for the Edinburgh Napier Chamber Choir (2021/2022 session)
Co-host for the ‘SBBA Speaks Podcast’
Tuba (E flat) at St Davids Brass
Past student placements
Project Assistant (Soundmoves) at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (2022)
Project Assistant (ReConnect) at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
(2022)
Project Assistant (Moving Music) at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
(2022)
Laura Carter's Music 