Samuel is currently into his third year undergraduate studies reading music at St Anne's College, formerly studying violin with St Anne's alumna Dr Alberto Sanna. Originally from Netherton, he was the concertmaster of the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (LPYO) in the 2022-23 season, working alongside professional conductors such as Robin Wallington and Andrew Manze, and is now currently working alongside Alberto in his Early Music Youth Orchestra, based in London and Sardinia, as a tutor and mentor in its educational programme as well as one of the section leaders in its flagship orchestra.
In Oxford, he have enjoyed a plethora of musical opportunities, and has given much to the university’s music society: his role as concertmaster of Oxford University Philharmonia during the 2024-25 is his biggest highlight, but he has also made regular appearances with Oxford University Orchestra and Oxford University Sinfonietta. He is also the orchestral leader for the St Anne’s Camerata, working with its director Dr John Traill (also one of his degree supervisors) and the Castalian String Quartet (the Hans Keller Quartet in Residence at the University of Oxford) as well as assisting in some of their Oxford Conducting Institute workshops.
When not playing violin, he is also a pianist, studying with Tom Kimmance and working towards his ARSM diploma, and a self-guided organist that enjoys accompanying services at his local parish where home (invariably getting the notes right). beyond music, he is the proud "father" to four beautiful border collies, who essentially control his life and the life of his long-suffering mother. Plus, courtesy of his father's misguidance, he also has the burden of supporting Everton F.C.