Marion Carracher, an all round musician playing the piano, oboe and cor anglais, completed her MSc Music Therapy (Nordoff-Robbins) with Distinction in June 2011 at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. Prior to this Marion completed her BMus (Hons) at The University of Manchester and a Postgraduate Certificate in Performance (Oboe) at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. As a music therapist, Marion has worked with many groups of people including children and adults with autism and/or learning disabilities, adults at a retreat centre, and older adults in a residential care home.