Complex sentence: Besides general studies at her local board school, Evans had some early singing lessons with Ivor Foster; beginning in 1896, she began vocal studies with David Lloyd, organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew's Church in Tonypandy and a recognized pianist in South Wales.
Split into simpler sentences: Besides general studies at her local board school, Evans had some early singing lessons with Ivor Foster. In 1896, she began vocal studies with David Lloyd, organist and choirmaster of St. Andrew's Church in Tonypandy and a recognized pianist in South Wales.