This page lists all of the achievements achieved by Casey as a vocal coach at Aperta Coaching or as musician, poet and songwriter Athena Aperta.
2026 Achievements:
Signed a song to MediaTracks
Coached an actor
Signed two 9 and 12 month contracts with clients
Level 3 Counselling Diploma
Level 2 Business Marketing
Played live at The Arc, Winchester
Gave an online workshop
2025 Achievements:
Signed a song to BMG Publishing
Attended Tileyard’s London Songwriting Camp
Ran a half-marathon
Played on BBC Upload
Interviewed by BBC News about being a sober musician
2024 Achievements:
Attended Tileyard’s International Songwriting Camp in Morocco, writing songs to commercial briefs
Attended Rena Song Fest – The world’s largest songwriting camp, writing songs for Eurovision 2025
Set up online music and performance coaching business
Released the single’ Facing the Sun’ with multiple online reviews, radio plays and playlisting opportunities alongside releasing a music video
Received funding from Youth Music: Next Generation award. Supported by Dr Martens, PPL UK and People’s Postcode Lottery
Spoken Word version of ‘Facing the Sun’ was played on BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire and BBC Radio Somerset
Played live at Baristocats, Swindon
Started street performing
Recorded in the Netherlands in collaboration with Verge and Julius Brown
Presented a talk and conversation at Swindon Creative Freelancers event. You can view it here.
Facilitated multiple breath-work and meditation workshops in person and online
2023 Achievements:
Played at Out & Wild festival
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Organised shows and played at CLF Art Lounge
BACP accredited LGBT+ Affirmative counselling skills qualification
TQUK Level 2 Counselling Skills
2022 Achievements:
First Class Bachelors degree in Popular Music
Played at Pr!de in London 2022
HEAR Scheme (experience recording bands and solo artists in a professional studio, using LogicProX and Pro Tools)
Singe release: Here Now (recorded, mixed and mastered all by Athena Aperta)
Rock the Pigeon review (click on link below)
Backing vocalist for artists: Matilda and the mannequins and Nia
2021 Achievements:
9 EP releases for the #EPaweek challenge (I wrote, recorded, mixed & mastered an EP a week for 2 months during lockdown. A lot of these songs were written on the spot/improvised)
Runner up for the Nicholas Daley x Fred Perry award 2021
Founded Queer Off – a platform to uplift LGBTQ+ creatives in SE London (this ended in 2022).
Was appointed to be an events assistant at Goodtown Promotions / Fox & Firkin (2021 – 2022).
13.6K streams on Spotify over 89 countries and 4.2K listeners
Single release: Treading Waters
Achievements before the dates listed:
EP release: Peculiar Desire (2020)
Coming Out Staying In online festival
Hosted a radio show via AAJA
Single release: I Just Though (2020)
Live show with Nova Presents
Got involved in 3 different Amsterdam Jazz Venues jam nights
Played at Readipop Festival (2019)
Played at IARC in Luxembourg (2019)
Played at BoomTown Festival (2017)
Played at YODEL, Berlin (2017)
Played at Ely Folk Festival (2016)