About Me

I am a fun-loving warm-hearted person with a great zest for life and an acute sense of humour - this is according to my four offspring- now offsprung!

I am balanced, hard-working and very reliable.

Acting

Music

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

Trained as a music teacher before having a family of four and taking up singing professionally.

Have sung regularly in opera, oratorio and cabaret and enjoy the acting side very much.

I have been an examiner and an adjudicator.

I set up White Horse Opera in Wiltshire ten years ago and am now their patron.

I worked for BBC Radio Bristol for a year, writing and presenting children's programmes.

Qualifications & Training

Teacher Training Certificate - main subjects music and English.

Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) with Honours - singing performance.

Trained as an examiner with London College of Music.

Trained by BBC to put programmes together.

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Have sung numerous operatic roles - Turandot, Norma and Carmen to name a few. This entails an ability to learn, memorise act and sing, which involves a lot of work, dedication and reliability.

Ican work well in group situations or on my own.

Interests & Hobbies

Singing of all kinds.

Walking

Bird-watching

Reading

Theatre

Socialising and carousing