Hazel studied at the Royal College of Music with Sidney Sutcliffe, and subsequently with Malcolm Messiter and Celia Nicklin. She has performed in a great variety of orchestras and chamber groups as well as giving recitals and concerto permances in the UK and overseas. Hazel currently plays regularly in the Trio Dolce, Chamberhouse Wind, Thames Consort, the Bridgewater Band and West Forest Sinfonia of which she is also orchestral manager. She also does much freelance work and teaches the oboe in a number of schools.