• 2006 - Full time PhD student in Music (Opera Composition) with Professor Peter Nelson (Head of Music) and Reid Professor Nigel Osborne (MBE)
  
• 2007 - On the staff of The University of Edinburgh as casual tutor to 3rd year B.Mus. Composition and Orchestration students
• 2007 - Appointed part time lecturer at the Edinburgh University Office Of Lifelong Learning in a course of my own design entitled "The Seven Deadly Sins  Adventures in Good Music"
• October 2007 - Musical director and conductor for the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group acclaimed production of SALAD DAYS by JULIAN SLADE and DOROTHY REYNOLDS
• 2007-2008 - Elected Committee Member of Edinburgh (University) Studio Opera
  
• 2007-2008 - Elected Postgraduate Representative (Composers) for the Edinburgh University Students Association.
• 2007 -2008 - My string quartet Caledonian Quartet was premièred by Scotland's leading concert string quartet, the EDINBURGH QUARTET at the Reid Hall, Edinburgh University.
• 2008 - A scene from my opera Wilde was workshopped by OPERA CIRCUS