Miss Radford gave her first violin recital at the age of 4 in Calgary, Alberta. At the age of 7 she joined the Mount Royal Conservatory and learnt from the best musicians in the province. In 1997 she was the youngest player to join the National Youth Orchestra of Trinidad & Tobago. In 1998 she lead second violins and toured with the orchestra. She won 1sr Place Violin Soloist under 14 in 1999. Miss Radford was selected to play with the National Youth International Orchestra in Vienna for two consecutive years. In 2004 she won both the Best Instrumentalist as well as the President of Poland Prize in Kuwait City, Kuwait. In 2005 she received a music scholarship at Leighton Park School where she completed her A levels in Music, Maths, Physics and Chemistry.
Miss Radford studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama gaining a BMus(Hons) in 2012. Over her four years there she studied under the tutelage of the great violinists Yu Yasuroka and John Stein.
Selected positions held by Miss Radford:
- Full Time Teacher at St John’s College Independent Private School in Cardiff
- Taught Junior department Wider Options-Violin as well as both private (violin & viola) and group lessons.
- Soprano singer/member of the BBC National Chorus of Wales for many years.
- Previously lead and co-lead Southern Camerata Orchestra
- Performs regularly for local Musicals, Operas and Ballets
- Performs regularly leading, co-leading and as a tutti player with the City of Southampton Orchestra.
- Soprano singer/member of the Southampton Philharmonic Choir.
- She also freelances as a musician on both the violin and as a mezzo soprano.
Miss Radford has taught in Southampton since 2014 teaching violin, viola, cello, singing and music theory. She opened up MRSM in 2016 where she teaches string ensembles and music theory each Saturday.