Pam studied piano, viola and clarinet at Chetham’s School of Music, graduated in Music and French (2:1) from Oxford Polytechnic and later completed a music PGCE at Bath College. She studied conducting with George Hurst and has worked closely with many of the composers writing for recorder orchestras today and has conducted numerous first performances of their works. She has worked with many recorder orchestras and ensembles and now tutors exclusively on residential courses and regular pop-up days in Gloucestershire which are also organised by Jan. Pam conducts the Cotswold Recorder Consort, plays from and teaches renaissance facsimile, runs recorder chamber orchestra days and from 2026 has taken over the musical direction of the Windrush Recorder Orchestra.