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Jon has been a professional performer of contemporary and traditional folk music since the early 1980s. He has performed at festivals, arts centres and clubs in Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Durham, as well as being involved in theatre work: in 1985 he toured the show `A Better Thing`, with the words of the poet Adrian Mitchell set to music. He has published songs commissioned by the National Cooperative Movement and childrens songs used in BBC schools publications. In 1995 he won first prize in a songwriting competition organised by BBC-radio and Folkwrite Magazine and was a finalist of the international Songsearch competition in 2000. He has also toured with professional storytellers and was for three years the director of the Oxford Storytelling Festival.
Abi studied music at the City University in London from 1990 - 1993 and studied a postgraduate performance diploma at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1994 she trained as a music therapist at Anglia Polytechnic University. She now works as a freelance flautist and singer, performing classical, folk and world music. Abi continues to teach a combination of music therapy, flute and voice, running various workshops for private clients, government and corporate organisations.
Anna Lockett studied the harp at Colchester School of Music where she gained her degree. Later, she studied with Imogen Barford, Professor of Harp at Trinity School of Music, and obtained her harp teacher’s licentiate. She is now a freelance harpist. She has worked with orchestras in Oxford and across the Midlands, including the Oxford Symphony Orchestra. Anna is also a music therapist in Oxfordshire and the harp teacher/coach for the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra.



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