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Alyson Lewin

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A native of Belfast, Alyson was educated at Belfast Royal Academy, where she was involved in a variety of musical activities. She came late to the recorder, and quickly developed a passion for the instrument which she developed further during her studies at Bristol University. During her degree course she specialised in performance - on the recorder - and music history, researching the mediaeval carol repertoire.

Following graduation, Alyson spent a year as a student teacher, followed by a move to Staffordshire, where she has taught classroom music and lectured for Keele University's Continuing Education department. Since the arrival of her two children, Christopher and Peter, she has worked as a freelance musician. She now has a thriving teaching practice at her home and in several local schools including Lichfield Cathedral School, and tutors on adult education residential courses and day workshops throughout the UK and Ireland.

Besides teaching, Alyson runs Hawthorns Music, a publishing house specialising in music for recorder and Early Music players. She also composes and arranges music, much of which is published by Hawthorns. Her other musical activities include choral singing, conducting, and performing.

In her spare time, Alyson enjoys an assortment of crafts, which range intermittently from embroidery and spinning to bobbin lace-making, and can often be found in the kitchen, trying out new recipes, or in the garden, attempting to create order out of chaos.