CV

Charlotte O’Connor

me@charlotteoconnor.music · Bristol / London (Clapham)

Portfolio work · Spotify · Instagram · TikTok

Professional summary

Charlotte O’Connor is an emerging contemporary songwriter, performer and creative artist currently completing her degree at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Clapham. Her work is rooted in narrative songwriting, emotional honesty and a strong sense of family, identity and lived experience.

She has performed original material in both the UK and Italy, released her first album on Spotify in 2025, and is currently developing Family Business, a thematically connected body of songs shaped by the complexities, humour, loyalty and emotional texture of belonging to a large extended family spread across the world.

Before committing fully to music, Charlotte began in Primary Education and developed valuable experience working with children. She now brings that same empathy, communication and sense of human connection into her creative practice.

Key details

• Base: Bristol and London (Clapham)
• Discipline: Songwriting / Performance / Recording
• Current study: Degree in progress, Academy of Contemporary Music, Clapham
• Approach: Contemporary narrative songwriting, artist-led original music
• Professional enquiries: info@charlotteoconnor.music
• Personal: me@charlotteoconnor.music

Selected experience

• Independent Songwriter & Recording Artist — Ongoing
  Writing, developing and performing original material as an emerging recording artist, with a focus on narrative-led contemporary songs.
• Live Performance of Original Material — UK & Italy — Selected recent years
  Performed original songs in live settings in both the United Kingdom and Italy, developing confidence in audience engagement and presentation of original work.
• Spotify Release — Debut Album — 2025
  Released first album on Spotify in 2025, marking a significant step from developing songwriter to publicly released recording artist.
• Current Major Project — Family Business — Current
  Developing Family Business, a new themed album exploring family dynamics, memory, belonging, inheritance, humour and emotional contradiction through contemporary songwriting.

Performance & releases

• Selected performances: Original material performed in the UK and in Italy
• Releases: Debut Album — Spotify, 2025
• Current release in development: Family Business
• Writing focus: Original contemporary songs, narrative lyric writing, family and identity-led themes

Education

• Academy of Contemporary Music, Clapham — Degree in progress
  Currently completing degree-level study combining creative practice, performance, songwriting development and professional portfolio building.
• English Language A Level — Grade A
• Psychology A Level — Grade B
• Health & Social Care — Distinction

Earlier professional experience

Began her professional journey on a Primary Education pathway and gained experience working with children before committing fully to music. This work developed communication skills, patience, empathy and emotional awareness, all of which continue to inform her creative practice and collaborative approach.

Skills

• Creative practice: Songwriting, lyric writing, narrative development, vocal performance, live presentation of original work
• Music development: Demo development, collaborative creative development, project concept development, rehearsal and song refinement
• Transferable strengths: Communication, empathy, audience awareness, collaborative working, reflective creative development
• Digital / professional: Spotify artist presence, portfolio presentation, social media / artist branding, basic content development

Locations / availability

Based between Bristol and London (Clapham), Charlotte is available for creative collaboration, live performance opportunities and further professional development within music and related creative fields.

References / testimonials

Available on request. Selected testimonials or collaborator comments may be added here at a later stage.

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