Candida Tobin Hon FTCL, LTCL (5 January 1926 – 14 December 2008) was the author of the Tobin Method, a music education system for teaching music theory and practice to students of all ages and abilities.

Personal life

Tobin was born Doreen E. Pugh in Chingford,

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on 5 January 1926 and grew up there with elder sisters Phyllis and Barbara. Tobin was married twice, firstly to Derrick Llewelyn Mason (1924-1989) in 1949, and divorced soon after without any issue. She subsequently married John M. Tobin in 1960, and had two children, Penelope A. and David Richard Tobin. Tobin died at her UK home in

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on 14 December 2008, aged 82, of cancer.

References

External links

Tobinmusic.co.uk, including an obituary''The Guardian'' obituary, 26 January 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tobin, Candida 1926 births 2008 deaths Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Alumni of Trinity College of Music British music educators People from London People from Chingford Deaths from cancer in England People from Sawbridgeworth