Originally from London, I have taught the violin and viola for the last twenty  years in Yorkshire,England, for Kirklees Music School.   I studied at Kingston Polytechnic and the National Centre or Orchestral Studies.  I lead the viola section at the Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra for five years, and at the Orchestra of the Square Chapel in Halifax for ten years.  My string groups at Meltham CE Primary School were well known locally and they reached the National Finals of the National Festival of Music for Youth on four separate occasions.