E. Florence Whitlock
Ellen Florence Williams Whitlock (10 November 1889 – 13 October 1978) was a composer, conductor and educator. Biography. Whitlock was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England. She studied violin with H. V. Pearce and Hans Wessely, piano with Frederick Moore, composition with Alan Bush, and performed with the Camborne and Redruth Oratorio Orchestra. Whitlock attended the Royal Academy of Music, as well as a Music Teachers' Association training course. From 1911 to 1912, she taught in Bury St. Edmunds and later in Taunton and Ashford, Kent, where she also conducted the local orchestra. Whitlock moved to New Zealand in  1925 and married in 1926. She taught violin, cello, and chamber music at Iona College from 1928 to 1935. She conducted the Hastings Orchestral Society and performed in Hastings and Napier. She taught privately from 1937 to 1950, then returned to Kent where she taught privately until 1960. Whitlock was a member of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. Compositions. Her compositions include: