Author: Daphne Bryan

Daphne Bryan began playing the piano at the age of seven and at thirteen was awarded a county scholarship to study piano and voice. She continued her studies at music college, where she was awarded the piano prize in her second year. After college, Daphne taught music in schools in Salford, London and Hampshire and then in British Forces schools in Germany and Belgium. During this time, she also taught piano privately and trained several choirs. At the age of fifty-one, she gained an MA with distinction from Sheffield University in Psychology for Musicians and, four years later, a Ph D in music psychology. In 2010, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Since then she has researched keenly to find ways in which she can positively influence her health. Music has provided many ways through which she has reduced her symptoms. She still teaches piano and trains a choir.