Past Achievements

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 with Tawanda Mapanda

Started street performing in Swindon & Oxford

Recorded in the Netherlands in collaboration with Verge and Juul Brown

Gave her first ever talk at Swindon Creative Freelancers event. "The Necessary Shift in Mindset to Become a Successful Freelancer"

Facilitated multiple breathwork and meditation workshops in person and online

Interviewed by BBC News on mental health, addiction and the music industry

Released a collaboration with rapper Midé Johnson after her visit to Geneva, Switzerland

2023 Achievements:

Played at Out & Wild festival

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Organised shows and played at CLF Art Lounge, London

BACP accredited LGBT+ Affirmative counselling skills qualification

TQUK Level 2 Counselling Skills

2022 Achievements:

First Class Bachelors degree with Honours 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

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)