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Winchester Summer Music

Coaching Staff

Janet Herson

Janet is a highly experienced teacher, performer and coach of the clarinet.

She coaches the Hampshire Youth Orchestra,sharing her experience of orchestral repertoire which stretches back to student days at the Royal Academy of Music from which she holds LRAM and GRSM qualifications in addition to a professional certificate. Her professor there was John Davies and she subsequently had post graduate lessons with Thea King.

She made countless recordings as a member of the Academy of the BBC, many of them being live broadcasts. In addition, she has been in the Southern Pro Musica since its inception. Janet has taught at Winchester College for over 40 years as well as teaching on all the pre-professional courses in the county. She loves playing chamber music and is always looking for opportunities to extend her repertoire.