May 2022 update - The Euros!!!
The European Championships has a special place in my heart and to be able to attend as an audience member after all these years was a...
April 2022 update - KELI!
Oh my where do I even begin with this project??? During lockdown a very lovely composer called Martin Green asked me to do a few sound...
March 2022 update - Adjudicating!
This month brought a lot of adjudicating at several Regional Contests with a lot of scores to learn! I had a great time and feel very...
February 2022 update - Home Sweet Home
February has been a lovely month just being with family and friends, practicing hard for some exciting projects, prepping scores for...
January 2022 update - Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! I am proud to start 2022 as the new Chair of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators. I am very honoured to...
December update - Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Our first Christmas in our new home and what a difference a year makes!!! This time last year my husband and I both had Covid and were in...
November update - The Thing I Love The Most
November saw me doing what I love the most...teaching and inspiring others. One example was having the great pleasure of visiting Exeter...
October update - Half Term and Family Time
October brought some family time, getting up to Scotland to visit my mum for a little break. Some more exciting news about a student of...
September update - Busy, Busy, Busy!
September has turned out to be one of the busiest months I have had in a while which is a great feeling as we move forward to things...
August update - Back to NYBBS!
Thirty years ago I was Principal Horn of the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland as a young 17 year old. A slightly older version of...
July update - Summer Holidays!
Time for a rest! Happy summer everyone, I hope you all have a lovely time whatever you do :-)
June update - The Sun Is Here!
The sun has arrived and it's time to enjoy it and all it's glory! I have had a lovely half term with the family and once again lots of...
May update - A Quiet One...
May has been a quiet month with lots of teaching at school and also my private students who are making excellent progress. It's nice...
April update - Ducklings!!!
We have ducklings in our garden!!! What a gorgeous evening watching these little ones see the world for the first time :-) Musically I...
March update - Back to School...again!
Great news, we managed to get back to school this month, all be it with full timemasks! It has been so nice to see all my friends and of...
February update - New House!
We have finally moved into our dream home and it is just beautiful. I now have my own office for the first time and have been busy online...
January update - Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!! It has been an eventful few weeks in our house with both of us catching Covid over Christmas and not being very well at...
December update - Thinking outside the box!
We did a very exciting thing at school this month and took our Ceremony of Carols to a whole new level…a Drive In Ceremony of Carols due...
November update - Busy, busy, busy!
This month I have been busy doing some work with the NYBBGB and the Marines in their Andromeda project which I have no doubt is going to...
October update - Horn Focus!
October has been full of lovely horn projects again. I had an interesting masterclass in USA where I found myself delivering it at 4am my...