Like his sister, Eleanor, nine-year-old Joseph has blurred vision, cannot see colours, and has a dislike of bright light. He is a very ‘rhythmic’ child and wanted to learn the drums from an early age.

The AMBER Music Awards paid
for an electronic drum kit for
Joseph, along with drum lessons.
Joseph has a natural talent for
the drums and looks forward
with great excitement to each
lesson. He enjoys the tactile
feedback he gets through
the drumsticks.

Joseph’s drum teacher describes
him as, “an enthusiastic and
talented pupil, who is making 
the very most of his lessons
and is showing good progress”.

Joseph was so awed by his sister's progress that he, too, auditioned for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and was accepted. He now has lessons in piano and orchestral percussion at the college and rock drumming outside the college.