• TEACHING ASSISTANT - McGILL UNIVERSITY - SEP 2021 TO APR 2022 

    • Course: MUPD 135 Music as a Profession

    • Course: MUTH 151 Theory and Analysis 2

    SINGING TEACHER / MUSIC TUTOR - SELF-EMPLOYED - SINCE SEP 2016

    • Teaching vocal lessons or general music (incl. music theory) to any age and for any genre. Exam preparation and vocal coaching.

    TEACHER - STAGECOACH PERFORMING ARTS - STIRLING - DEC 2018 TO MAR 2020

    • Teaching duties include: teaching key stages 1-4 (ages 5-16); lesson planning in accordance with the school’s teaching framework; teaching in accordance with child protection (PVG).

    TEACHER - RITMICO MUSIC - EDINBURGH - JAN 2017 TO MAY 2019

    • Teaching duties include: teaching key stages 1-2 (ages 5-8); lesson planning in accordance with Ritmico’s framework; teaching in accordance with child protection (PVG).

  • Nazare, Tan. 2023. "The Anime Sound: An Analytical and Semiotic Study of Contemporary Anime Music." MA thesis, McGill University.

  • “The Anime OP(ening): a Corpus Study of Anison”

    To be presented at SMT/AMS 6–9 November 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota 


    “Parsimonious Voice Leading in the Contemporary Japanese Augmented Sixth”

    Presented at CUNY GSIM 2023, New York, New York, online


    “Extramusical Signs of Class and Gender in Anime, an Aesthetico-semiotic Analysis”

    Presented at Mechademia 2023, Kyoto, Japan, online

  • RESEARCH ASSISTANT - McGILL UNIVERSITY - OCT 2021 TO JAN 2023

    • Research assistant in the pop music subgroup (TiPS) of the ACTOR project (Analysis Creation and Teaching of Orchestration). My main responsibilities included the encoding of popular songs from the 1990s of various genres. 

    RESEARCH  INTERN - McGILL UNIVERSITY - JUL 2021 TO SEP 2021

    • Summer research internship for the development of a non-western music theory course syllabus. My main responsibilities included gathering various pedagogical materials on the music of different nationalities; researching, reading, and in some cases, summarizing recommended introductory readings for each musical culture. 

    RESEARCH INTERN - GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART - MAY 2019

    • During this internship, I worked closely with a research team member to develop new ways of representing the academic path of a student in the creative arts. I discussed the most successful ideas developed by me and another intern fellow, with the representatives of the NSS, SQA, UOE, GSA, and others, during a CHEAD event at the University of Edinburgh.

  • PERFORMER SOPRANO SINGER - SELF-EMPLOYED - SINCE SEP 2016

    • Active session musician - Since 2016

    • Soprano at Stanford’s Early Music Singers - Since 2024

    • Performed the main character in “Jukebox: A Musical Revue” - May 2017

    • Soprano scholar a t Marchmont St Giles’ Parish Church Edinburgh -
      Feb 2017 to May 2020.

    • Various solo concerts with the University of Edinburgh, Reid School of Music - Sep 2016 to Jun 2020 - see resulting awards below.

  • M.A. VOCAL PEDAGOGY - UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX - 2027

    • Key modules: Anatomy and physiology; alignment; vocal health; the developing voice; acoustics; musical theatre pedagogy; classical pedagogy; pop pedagogy; jazz pedagogy; working with neurodiversity; coaching mentoring and teaching.

    M.A. MUSIC THEORY - McGILL UNIVERSITY - 2023

    • Key modules: pedagogy of post-tonal theory and analysis; tuning & temperament; history of music theory; popular music analysis, mathematical models in music theory, music theory pedagogy.

    • Advisor: Prof Robert Hasegawa.

    • Thesis title: “The Anime Sound.” 

    B.MUS. WITH HONOURS - THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH - 2020 

    • Key modules: research methodology; music analysis; harmony and counterpoint; orchestration; notation and editing of early music; composition; performance; keyboard skills. 

    • Advisor: Dr James Cook. Dissertation title: “Japanese Musical Tradition: The Roots, Development, and Consolidation of an Omnivorous Tradition.”

    H.N.C. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE - EDINBURGH COLLEGE - 2016

    • Equivalent to a university foundational year - see resulting awards below.

  • CPD ACCREDITATION IN TEACHING SINGING - AOTOS - DEC 2022

    • Self-development teaching course delivered by AOTOS (Association of Teachers of Singing, UK). Accreditation for the following subjects: singing pedagogy, vocal health, the changing voice, teaching different singing styles, running a business, and relationship with students.

    GRADED EXAMS IN MUSIC - TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON - 2016

    • Grade 8 in Music Theory 

    • Grade 8 in Classical Singing

    • Grade 5 in Classical Piano

  • ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD IN MUSIC -  EDINBURGH COLLEGE - MAY 2015

    • Awarded by nomination to the student in further education (all programmes) that shows excellent academic results. 

    TOVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE (VOICE) - REID SCHOOL OF MUSIC - MAR 2020

    • Runner-up. Awarded annually on the basis of a competition to the undergraduate student in music who shows the greatest promise in composition or in instrumental/vocal performance. Prize value £250 GBP.

    JANET BUCKLEY MEMORIAL PRIZE - REID SCHOOL OF MUSIC - JUL 2020

    • Awarded by nomination. Award for a final-year music student dealing with Early Music before 1750. Prize value £200 GBP.

    McGILL UNIVERSITY - SCHULICH SCHOOL OF MUSIC - SEP 2020 TO DEC 2022

    • Awards were allocated on the basis of good academic standing and financial need.

      • Student Excellence Award: $4,000 CAD.

      • Grad Excellence Award: $10,000 CAD.

      • Friends of McGill Fellowship Award: $10,000 CAD.

    INTERNATIONAL GRANT COMPETITION - SCHULICH SCHOOL OF MUSIC - MAR 2022

    • Department of Music Research, Master’s Competition. Grant application: “The Anime Sound: Compositional Elements in Anime Music.” Prize value: $5,000 CAD