Caring Music Scholar
I was Head Girl at Stover 2005-2006 and was a music scholar in voice, violin, piano and flute. I left in 2006 to study at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and gained a First class honours BMUS HONS in Vocal and Opera Studies. I have settled in Cardiff and have built a Singing Teaching and freelance opera singing career across South Wales. I am also a freelance care home project manager for a charity called Forget-me-not Chorus (a charity that provides singing sessions for those living with and alongside dementia). I project manage all our care home work.
Stover Stories
What do Stover pupils go on to do?
Stover Adventurer
I took a gap year after leaving Stover to work and hike Everest Base Camp (inspired by the school trip to Annapurna base camp), before going to Cardiff University to study Medicine. Afterwards, I wanted to be closer to the mountains so moved to North Wales for foundation training. It was a gorgeous place to live and I spent three years there before wanting to try a bigger adventure (and escape covid after working on the covid wards for a year), so moved to New Zealand two years ago. I’ve ironically ended up in New Plymouth, which is a gorgeous seaside town with a very iconic mountain. I’d started a distance learning masters degree in Healthcare Ethics and Law before leaving the UK, but managed to complete it from NZ. So now, I’m training to be psychiatrist whilst spending my weekends hiking, skiing and surfing (although I’m struggling to graduate from the white water). I haven’t yet decided if I’m returning to the UK, everytime I consider it, I discover more adventures to have out here.
