Graduate profiles
Our graduates go on to work in the music profession, creative industries and beyond. See what a Music degree could do for you, and find out about the Manchester experience from past students. Each profile below provides an early career insight.
You can also read updates about some of the notable things that our graduates are doing on our News page.
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Ben Horrigan, MusB Music
Ben's job is to produce exclusive content for the Blue Peter website, which can include anything from video clips to quizzes to online chats.
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Christina McNeill, MusB Music
Christina talks about her 12-month traineeship hosted by the Hallé, and how she's learned from experts in the field and supported the organisations’ fundraising efforts, all while working towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy.
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Emma Doherty, MusB Music
Emma works in a variety of different roles as a director, assistant director, musician and project manager. She’s worked on productions with Welsh National Opera, National Opera Studio and British Youth Opera.
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Hugh Morris, Mus B
Hugh is a freelance composer and a writer, and regularly performs and teaches. He has written music for Devon Philharmonic Orchestra, No Dice Collective, Ludlow English Song Weekend and Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera, and writes about music for Jazzwise and other publications.
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Katie Bray, MusB Music
Katie is now a professional singer and has her singing teacher at Manchester to thank for supporting her career aspirations, as well as the ongoing support from the department in the years since graduating.
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Leo Geyer, GRNCM Composition and MusB Music
Leo works at the Royal Opera House as a cover conductor for The Royal Ballet, as well as being the conductor for the new music ensemble Khymerikal and Artistic Director of Constella Ballet & Orchestra. His music has been performed worldwide and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
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Olivia Howie, BA Music and Drama
Olivia researches and pitches new ideas across the specialist and popular factual genres to television channels, focusing on music and arts programmes. She writes programme proposals to send to commissioners; organises meetings with on-screen talent, authors and experts; and helps shoot and edit taster tapes.
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Rohan Iyer, MusB Music
After gaining an anchoring in ethnomusicology at Manchester and diving into the city’s rich performance scene, Rohan is an ethnomusicologist in training about to embark on a PhD, with a specialism in Southeast Asian music.
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Rosie Goodman, MusB Music
Rosie supports children and young people who have complex learning disabilities, hearing, and/or visual impairments to participate in music education and leisure.
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Seb Huckle, MusB Music
Seb is an Executive Director with overall responsibility for the production and delivery of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's artistic and business plans.
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Tom Coult, MusB Music and MusM Composition
Tom is a composer of notated music and has written pieces for BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and the Philharmonia. He is currently working on commissions for BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and London Sinfonietta.
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Zahid Siddiqui, MusB Music
Zahid is pursuing his performance career with a master’s in vocal studies at the Royal College of Music in London. He credits Manchester for his well-rounded musical education, which helped him decide which route to take in his musical career.
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