After graduating from the Birmingham Conservatoire Alison has remained in Birmingham working as a freelance musician and instrumental tutor.

 

She performs regularly with orchestras in the Midlands and occasionally strays as far a field as the Manchester Camerata.  Alison also enjoys working in the theatre and her experience includes the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.  Alison is particularly fond of chamber music and plays with a variety of wing ensembles playing an extensive range of music from sublime harmonie music to frequently ridiculous bassoon (and contra-bassoon!) quartets with ‘A Good Reed’ who regularly appear at the Buxton Festival.