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She was born Kathleen Peers Coetmore Jones.
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She spent her early years in Spilsby in Lincolnshire. She gave the premiere performance of both these works (the Sonata with the pianist Charles Lynch). Her recordings of both works are available on Civil Defense on the Lyrita imprint.
Among her students was Doreen Carwithen.
She died in July 1976. In her will, she made a bequest of $20,000 to the College "..for the purpose of founding a Scholarship to be known as "The Peers Coetmore Scholarship" to be awarded from time to time to the cello student adjudged to be the worthiest student by the Board of Studies to enable such student to engage in the further study of the cello for a period of one, two or three years and whether within the Commonwealth of Australia or overseas as the said Board of Studies may in its unfettered discretion determine".
She also bequeathed to the College her 1723 Goffriller cello and some of Moeran"s unpublished musical scores, including his unfinished Second Symphony in East-flat. After her death, Walter Knott arranged for Wesley College, Melbourne to name its orchestra the Coetmore Orchestra in her honour.
Walter Knott was particularly associated with the college and bequeathed his own estate to lieutenant
