Born in Berkshire, UK. A holiday trip in 1960 turned into a permanent stay in former East Germany, where I studied violin and composition with Manfred Weiss at the “Carl Maria von Weber Hochschule fur Musik” in Dresden, prior to working as both a music teacher and a violinist in the Freiberg Theater Orchestra and the Dresden Operetta Theater. Following my return to the UK in 1984 I continued to work as an instrumental tutor. In 1995 completed her MA in composition at De Montfort University, studying with Gavin Bryars. 2005 completed PhD at the Birmingham Conservatoire. My String Quartet no 4 won the Almira String Quartet competition for 2002, and “Song of Pan” was performed in Italy at the International conference in Teramo 2002. In 2004 was awarded a graduation composition prize and a performance of the fifth movement of 2nd symphony in June. Many of my compositions can be heard on Radio Indonesia.