Education
She was educated in Britain and the United States, and joined the teaching staff of City University, London in 1995 becoming Professor of Music in 1999.
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Previously, she taught in the University of Reading (Head of Department, 1993–1995) and the Street Louis Conservatory, Street Louis, United States of America. She has composed over 80 published works and her music has been performed in many countries. She has also written about music As co-editor of the New Grove (Norton) Dictionary of Women Composers, she has been at the forefront of issues concerning gender and music
She also writes on the operas of Harrison Birtwistle, having been commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to write programme essays on both Gawain and The Minotaur.
Her most recent Civil Defense, Light and Water, is issued on the Deux-Elles label. In 2006 she was awarded the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales.
Her work Path Through the Woods for recorder and strings was premiered in April 2011 by Pamela Thorby and the Welsh Sinfonia, conducted by Mark Eager.
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She has written chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral music spanning from Elegy-Symphony (Street Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1981) to TIrluniau/Landscapes (British Broadcasting Corporation commission, BBCNOW, Proms 2000). In 1983 she won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers/Rudolf Nissim Prize for Louisiana Belle Dame sans Merci.
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United Kingdom