February 2008 - Askonas Holt very kindly nominates Joseph for the Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Award which he later wins. As a result Joseph will programme a concert for Wigmore Hall with Lucy Crowe, Clara Mouriz, Allan Clayton and Ronan Collett.
January 2008 - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham invites Joseph to give a recital with Cardiff Singer of the World Katarina Karnéus. They will perform Scandinavian songs and the concert (in January 2009) will compliment an exhibition of paintings called 'Nordic Landscapes'.
November 2007 - Joseph wins the Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year performing recitals with Ashok Klouda and Julia Sporsén. Clara Taylor, Christopher Glynn, Simon Lepper and John Humphreys were the panel. Joseph and Julia will give a recital in the Adrian Boult Hall in October 2008.
October 2007 - Joseph wins the Accompanist's Prize at the Great Elm Awards held at Wigmore Hall. He performed with Anna Huntley, mezzo-soprano from the RCM.
October 2007 - Following the recent vocal auditions, during which Joseph accompanied a number of collegues, the Samling Foundation, directed by Sir Thomas Allen, has decided to appoint Joseph the inaugural Pianist Scholar. As a result, Joseph will spend a week working and performing at The Sage, Gateshead with Amanda Roocroft, Malcolm Martineau and six outstanding young singers.
September 2007 - Joseph is invited to accompany Andrew Kennedy in a recital of recently discovered Gurney manuscripts. The concert also includes works by Ian Venables and Hugh Wood.
September 2007 - Joseph wins the Pianist's Prize in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. In the first round he accompanied sopranos Katherine Bond and Julia Sporsén and mezzo-sopranos Catherine Hopper and Clara Mouriz. They were selected from 134 duos from around the world. The international jury, chaired by Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly, consisted of world-class singers Christine Brewer, Robert Holl and Ann Murray DBE, pianist Graham Johnson, writers and song experts Hilary Finch and Richard Stokes, and former Director of the Edinburgh International Festival Sir Brian McMaster, and Dr Ralph Kohn FRS joined as a non-voting member of the Jury. As a result of winning the competition, Joseph is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Ann Murray in a recital to include works by Schubert, Schumann, Mahler, Granados, Fauré and Barber.
April 2007 - Joseph wins the Accompanist Prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards playing for mezzo-soprano Caryl Hughes. Chairing the panel is Dame Janet Baker. The other jury members were Dr Sheila Armstrong, Nicholas Riddle, Russell Smythe and Roger Vignoles.
July 2007 - Joseph is invited to give a Purcell Room recital with Andrew Harper for the Park Lane Group Series 2008 and at the Deal Festival.
July 2007 - Joseph makes his full evening Wigmore debut with mezzo Clara Mouriz to critical acclaim. The recital is generously sponsored by the Kirckman Concerts Society. They perform Haydn, Grieg, Rossini, Rachmaninov and Montsalvatge.
May 2007 - The Wingate Scholarship very generously sponsor Joseph so that he can undertake further study over the next three years.
October 2006 - Joseph is appointed the inaugural 'College Musician' at Pembroke College Cambridge. The post, which lasts for three years, will involve strengthening the music-making within the College, particularly in the fields of chamber music and song.
October 2005 - Joseph graduates from the RAM with the DipRAM, the Academy's highest postgraduate award. His studies were supported by EMI. He is subsequently appointed the Hodgson Junior Fellowship - as part of this scheme he will perform Schubert's Die Schöne Mullerin with Nicholas Mulroy, Winterreise with Allan Clayton and Schwanengesang with Thorbjorn Gulbrandsoy.
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