From March 2021 I will be a full-time member of the Hansard team at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. I will continue to offer freelance proofreading and copy-editing but with more limited availability.
BA (Hons) Music (Durham University, 1985)
PhD Music (Durham University, 1992)
ISM Diploma in Management (Queen’s University, Belfast, 1994)
Plain English Editing (CIEP, 2020)
Editing Fiction (PTC, 2020)
Editing Illustrations (PTC, 2019)
Advanced Copy-Editing (PTC, 2019)
Copy-editing Headway (SfEP, 2018)
Grammar at Work (PTC, 2018)
Progress in Editorial Skills (PTC, 2017)
Proofreading 2 (SfEP, 2016)
Editing in Word (SfEP, 2016)
Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (PTC, 2015) (Merit)
French (conversational)
I am an experienced proofreader and copy-editor working primarily in non-fiction and academic material. Before becoming a professional editor I worked in the field of classical and contemporary music for 30 years. I have had roles as a concert promoter, funder (Arts Council) and freelance music consultant. I ran Belfast Music Society, a professional chamber music organisation, from 2008 to 2021 alongside my editorial work.
Books, magazines, research documents, policy papers, online material, theses and dissertations, arts/music publicity materials & programmes, music scores.
Proofreading (text), proofreading (music), copy-editing, copywriting.
Music, the arts, academic writing (humanities), public policy, management, leadership, business and corporate work.
Classical music (all periods), electroacoustic and computer music, opera, choral music, jazz, arts management, arts funding policy, concert promotion.
Cambridge University Press, Newry & Mourne District Council, Radius Housing, Open College Network NI, Taylor & Francis, Colourpoint Books, Out of House Publishing, Queen’s University Belfast, Full Proof, Genesis Design, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Belfast Music Society, Acis Productions, individual academics and research students.
Proofreading:
Grier, Musical Notation in the West (CUP, forthcoming)
Guy, Curriculum – Contemporary Art Goes to School (Intellect, 2020)
DeLamater and Collett, Social Psychology, 9th edn (Routledge, 2019)
Greenhalgh, Music and Singing in the Early Years (Routledge, 2018)
Macken, Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (Routledge, 2018)
Labuta and Matthews, Basic Conducting Techniques (Routledge, 2018)
Stillwell (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications (Routledge, 2017)
In Sara Levy’s Salon (The Raritan Players, Acis Productions, 2017)
Fanfare and Filigree (Kleine Kammermusik, Acis Productions, 2017)
Confluence (Ensemble Collina, Acis Productions, 2017)
10 Festival programmes for the BMS International Festival of Chamber Music (2009-present)
Corporate marketing materials for Ford Masters Apprenticeship Programme, Olam Cocoa, Queen’s University Belfast and others
Online examination papers (ClarityEnglish, 2016)
PhD theses
Copyediting/proof-editing:
Numerous articles for The Parliamentary Review (for Full Proof)
Numerous articles for InTheSnow magazine
Corporate Plan 2013-2016 (Belfast Music Society)
From March 2021 I will be a full-time member of the Hansard team at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. I will continue to offer freelance proofreading and copy-editing but with more limited availability.