She was taught oboe by Léon Goossens and attended the Royal College of Music from 1929 to 1937 at which, for a short while before her death, she was a professor of Oboe. She helped establish Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, being a member of its orchestra in the late 1940s and 1950s.
She was instructed in oboe by Léon Goossens and attended the Royal College of Music from 1929 to 1937, during which time she briefly served as a professor of Oboe before her passing. She assisted in founding Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, participating in its orchestra in the late 1940s and 1950s.