Sheila Nelson

Sheila Nelson
Nelson at her 70th birthday party, London, March 2006
Born
Sheila Mary Nelson

(1936-03-05)5 March 1936
Died16 November 2020(2020-11-16) (aged 84)
Education
Occupations
  • Violin and viola teacher
  • Composer
  • Writer
  • Academic teacher
  • Violinist
  • Violist

Sheila Mary Nelson (5 March 1936 16 November 2020) was an English musician, music educator, writer and composer. She had played with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Menuhin Festival Orchestra but was best known as a violin and viola teacher. She is usually referred to as Sheila Nelson but appears in her published works as Sheila M. Nelson.