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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 Chingford is a suburban town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The centre of Chingford is north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walt ...
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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. Her grandson is Lloyd James Tobin, who is a successful Jungle & UK Hardcore producer under the alias Arkyn. Tobin died at her UK home in
Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth (traditionally or , now also ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping, Essex, Epping. It is the northernmo ...
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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 Educators from London People from Chingford Deaths from cancer in England People from Sawbridgeworth