Joe gained his first degree in music performance at Canterbury Christ Church University, where he conducted and composed for the university string orchestra, brass ensemble and symphonic wind band. As a tubist, and percussionist, Joe has performed with some of the countries finest brass bands, including the Rothwell Temperance Band, Filton Concert Brass and the Besses O' The Barn band. Later studying his MA in Composition of Music for Film and Television at the University of Bristol, Joe has worked with several groups across the UK. Amongst his works for brass, his work for tuba quartet 'Pandemic' claimed 1st Prize in When Tuba Come One’s International Composition Competition in 2021 and in 2022, his work for brass quartet 'Ukraine:2022' made the last six in the A4 Brass Quartet composition competition. In conjunction with Arts Council England this year, Joe was commissioned to write a new piece to celebrate 100 years of Bristol-based Longwell Green Orchestra.

Joe is currently published with the American based publisher Brookwright Music.Writing music for several short films and television, his soundtrack for Australian wildlife documentary 'Firekeepers of Kakadu' won the London Independent Film Awards in October 2020, and received a Bronze Medal at the Global Music Awards 2021.

Joe is currently conductor of the Westbury Park Orchestra and the Winterbourne Wind Band. Since 2017, Joe has been a tutor, support staff member and arranger, for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, and he is currently timpanist with the Bristol Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Joe has played percussion with the Flowers Band, where he most recently represented them at the Royal Albert Hall in the National Brass Band Championships.

Freelance Composer

In addition to his conducting and performing work, Joe regularly judges on the Preliminary Panel in the Best Original Score category for both the Wildscreen and Jackson Wild wildlife documentary Festivals. Joe has studied with some of the countries' most eminent composers in television music including Martin Kiszko, William Goodchild, and Martin Phipps and in classical and band music; Gavin Higgins, Christopher Bond, and the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. He is a member of the IVORS Academy, NEU, and currently serves on the Education committee for the Musicians’ Union.

1. Composer- 50 Years Together (short film)

   Suzanna Raznaj/Anna Meszaros (dir/prod.) · Apr 2019 - May 2019

2. Composer- Building Bridges (short doc)

   Josephine Cressy/Guillermo Quintanilla-Pinto (dir/prod.) · May 2019 - Jun 2019

3. Composer - Wawel Dragon- The Real Story (short animation)

   Roxy PIerzga (animator) · Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

4. Composer- Fungry Pizza/ Lightville (short animation)

   Lewis Furber (animator) · Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

5. Assistant Conductor - Westerley Winds

   Westerley Winds · Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

6. Orchestral Mentor/ Brass and Percussion Tutor and Assistant

   National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain · Feb 2018 - Dec 2019

7. Percussionist, Timpanist and Orchestral Fixer

   Bristol Symphony Orchestra · Feb 2018 - Dec 2019

8. Composer - Following Protocol

   Charlotte Hayde Productions · Mar 2018 - May 2018

9. Composer - Palanga - Frozen in Time

   Simona Viackute (Producer) · Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

10. Co-Composer - Firekeepers of Kakadu (wildlife documentary)

    Della Golding Productions · Jul 2018 - Nov 2018

11. Percussionist

    The Flowers Band · Sep 2018 - Oct 2018

1. ScreenSkills ENGAGE Mentoring Programme in association with thinkBIGGER

   ScreenSkills · Oct 2021

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. MA (Pass with Merit) Composition of Music for Film and Television

   University of Bristol · Sep 2017 - Aug 2018