musical education at Oxford; special interest - science of music
composition under John Lambert at the Royal College of Music
also studied piano under Paul Hamburger
and trained as an accompanist at London Opera Centre
1974 -1976 Flensburg, Germany - repetiteur & conductor
1976 attended Darmstadt composers' course - performance of Epitaph
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1977 composer on International Gulbenkian course for Choreographers
- commissioned by Scottish Ballet Workshop
- commissioned by Spiral Dance Co, Liverpool
- for Jonathan Burrows' Royal Ballet Workshop
1977 - 1982 on music staff of Royal Opera House, London
1982 onwards - freelance musician in London
pianist / chorus master / conductor for many companies to date including
Wexford Festival, Dublin Grand Opera, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Aix-en-Provence Festival
1983 Piano Quartet wins Humphrey Searle Memorial Competition at Pucell Room
1984 - performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; subsequently broadcast on Radio 3's '
- performed by Lontano at Bath Festival
1984 onwards - education work in Northamptonshire; joins outreach team of Royal Opera's education department
1987 & 1988 education projects in Bromley
1989 chamber opera commissioned & performed by Garden Venture of the Royal Opera House
1989 schools project for National Trust at Claydon House in Buckinghamshire
1990 youth opera commissioned & performed by the Royal Opera's Education Department in Northants
1991 -1992 school opera project for British Museum in Suffolk; performed at Snape Maltings
1994 school opera project on Egypt in Wandsworth & Greenford; performed at Bloomsbury Theatre: featured in Channel 4's education series
1996 - 98 school projects in Basingstoke; project for Andover Museum on the Victorian workhouse performed in Cricklade Theatre:
1999 Christmas project for local primary school:
2000 Arts for Everyone project in Andover
2001 Millennium Festuval Awards for All project in Andover: given three performances in Vernham Dean and Cricklade Theatre
2004 Completes commission for W11 Opera - All in the Mind
First performances December 11 and 12, Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music
