I come from a Lancashire mill town and have played the medieval harp for over 30 years. The first medieval music I loved was on old David Munrow LPs that I bought for £1 from the local library. After studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, I have worked with many major names including Jordi Savall, Ensemble Micrologus and Ensemble Unicorn. I am incredibly fortunate and grateful that my career has taken me all around the world, from Mexico to Russia.
As a soloist, I perform English medieval music and am very happy to have created three solo programmes including one about the fifteenth-century mystic and pilgrim from King’s (then Bishop’s) Lynn, Margery Kempe. With Vivien Ellis (Sinfonye, Dufay Collective), I play English ballads and sing Gregorian chant, and with John Potter (Hilliard Ensemble) I have performed sacred French poems from the thirteenth century.
I was honoured to be part of the musical life of Danish/Swedish singer and kantele player, Agnethe Christensen (1959-2024) (Sequentia), creating beautiful programmes mixing Scandinavian folk music with medieval song, both sacred and secular.
In 2023, I finished and defended my doctoral thesis in which I investigated the creativity of musicians working with medieval music today.
I began to work as music director in a North London parish church in 2025 and am very much enjoying working with singers and playing the organ, which takes me back to my harpsichord days but lets me play with big new toys and lots of stops!
I have completed six different pilgrimages to Canterbury, Norwich and Walsingham via Bury St Edmunds, twice to Monte Sant’Angelo and twice to Santiago de Compostela. I am always on the look out for my next one!