ROSEMARY EVANS first studied the organ with Clifford Harker, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Bristol Cathedral, whilst in her Upper VI year at The Red Maids' School, having studied the piano since a very early age. Her organ lessons continued with Dr. Walter Hillsman and Dr. Harry Gabb at Trinity College of Music, London, as part of her degree course. She gained the Fellowship Diploma in organ playing and was awarded the Cardnell Organ Prize during her time at Trinity. She also gained the Licentiate Diploma in piano playing whilst studying with Jacob Kaletsky. She later continued her organ studies with Walter Hillsman in Oxford, becoming an Associate of the Royal College of Organists. After leaving Trinity, she gained the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at Reading University School of Education.

Rosemary is an active local musician. She has been the accompanist to Newbury Choral Society since April 1995 and she has worked under three conductors, Robert Barsby, Janet Lincé and Leo Hussain. She is the organist and choir director at St. Mary's Church, Kintbury; in April 2006 she directed two performances of “The Crucifixion” by Stainer, followed by "Requiem" by Fauré in 2008, performed by an augmented church choir. In January 2008 she was appointed Musical Director of The Cromwell Singers of Newbury. She teaches piano, organ and music theory, both privately and at St. Mary's School, Calne and St. Margaret’s School, Calne. 

Rosemary was for many years a full-time music teacher at Downe House School, where she was the accompanist to the senior choir, directed by Trevor Selby; annual tours included venues in Europe and the USA. Two compact discs were made during this time.

When she first moved to Newbury, she was Assistant Organist at St. Nicolas, so this is an instrument that she knows well. She is a regular recitalist here, having given the first one in the current lunchtime series when it started in 1985.