Schooling

Degrees and Qualifications:

•  Master of Music
•  Bachelor of Music with Honours
•  Teaching Certificate (Music Together)

Places of Education:

•  Chethams School of Music, Manchester, UK
•  Trinity College of Music, London, UK
•  Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK
•  San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California, USA

Specialised Areas of Training:

•  Kodaly Musicianship
•  Dalcroze Eurhythmics
•  Teaching Skills
•  String Pedagogy
•  Music Together
•  Alexander Technique
•  Chamber Music (Performance)
•  Symphony Orchestra (Performance)
•  Solo Performance (Baroque to Contemporary Repertoire)

Studies with:

•  Anna Shuttleworth
•  Nicholas Jones
•  Jean-Michel Fonteneau
•  Naomi Butterworth
•  Peter Worrall
•  David Kenedy
•  Gillian Dainty
•  Peter Howard

Further Instruction with:

•  Steven Doane (USA)
•  Rosemary Elliot (USA)
•  Ralph Fielding (USA)
•  Emanuel Hurwitz (Andover, UK)
•  Pat Legg (Gloucester, UK)
•  Paul Hersh (USA)
•  David Smith (Andover, UK)
•  Elizabeth Turnbull (London, UK)
•  Andre Emilianoff (USA)
•  Elizabeth Simkin (USA)
•  Bernard Gregor-Smith (Sheffield, UK)
•  Christopher Rowland (Manchester, UK)
•  Ralph Kirshbaum (Manchester, UK)
•  Alexander Baillie (West Sussex, UK)
•  Alan George (Manchester, UK)
•  Sergei Fatkouline (Ouroux, France)
•  Susan Lowe (West Sussex, UK)
•  Vivien Mackie (Eton, UK)
•  Rhuna Martin (London, UK)
•  Roger Bigley (Manchester, UK)
•  Louise Hopkins (Kent, UK)