Shirley Thompson

Birth Name
Shirley Joy Thompson
Date of Birth
Unknown
Birth Town
London, England, United Kingdom

A composer, conductor and violinist who became the first woman in Europe to have composed and conducted a symphony within the past 40 years in 2004. She was also the first woman to compose and musically direct music for a major drama series at the BBC, along with being the Reader and Head of Composition and Performance at the University of Westminster.

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