Margaret hails from Ghana, West Africa. Coming
from a musical family she first studied the
piano and the cello, until finally making
singing her career. While studying music at the
University College of Education in Winneba, she
was invited to sing at the Swiss Ambassador's
residence. This lead to further invitations to
entertain at various other Ambassadors' and High
Commissioners' residences.
During this time she made various live and
recorded programmes for television and radio,
plus performing numerous oratorios and concerts
in many places in West Africa.
Margaret with HRH Prince Edward
In
1993 she gave a solo performance for HRH Prince
Edward.
1994 saw Margaret awarded the "Chevening
Scholarship" by the British Council to study
opera at the Royal Northern College of Music,
Manchester.
The invitation to study at the European Mozart
Academy in Poland came in 1997.
Music In Hospitals asked her to present concerts
for them in 1998. Since then she has performed
hundreds of concerts for the charity all over
England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Margaret gained her LLCM in 1999.
1999 was the year she received an invitation to
sing for Wilmslow Opera.
In 2000 she joined the North West Opera, which
was later renamed City of Manchester Opera.
Margaret formed her own choir in Ghana called
The Bi-Tonic Singers in 2000. When she is in
England they are taught by John Annan, but she
telephones most weeks during rehearsals and
gives advice and help. When in Ghana she trains
them directly and performs with them in many
charitable concerts. The latest was in 2006 with
a concert at the British Council, Accra.
Margaret Performing in Northern Ireland
Prom Praise - Birmingham
Her
first invitation to sing solo with the English
Concert Singers came in 2002, with further
invitations in following years in London,
Cornwall, Paris and Rottingdean.
2002 saw the founding of the Commonwealth Games
Choir for the opening ceremony of the games of
which Margaret was a member. It was later
renamed The Manchester Gospel Choir and has sung
in various venues, including live on television
and radio.
She is a founding member of Musicaria, which was
formed in 2004. Musicaria presents concerts
mainly in the Manchester area to raise money for
various good causes.
An
invitation to sing with the All Souls Orchestra
came in 2004 with Prom Praise concerts in the
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Royal
Festival Hall, London. Further concerts followed
in 2005 in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich; the
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; the Waterfront
Hall, Belfast, and the Millenium Forum,
Londonderry. The 2006 hall was Venue Cymru,
Llandudno. The Symphony Hall, Birmingham, was
the 2007 venue.
Her first appearance for Music at Sine Nomine in
Cheshire, which raises money for The Children's
Society, was in 2005 with Andrew Wilde.
Margaret's
voice teachers have been Ava June Cooper, Kerstin Meyer,
Eva Blahova and David Sutton. She is at present with
Sandra Dugdale and Rosemary Hill.