Margaret Brandman's career in music as composer, pianist, music educator, arranger and writer on music education spans more than 45 years. Her compositions for orchestra and chamber ensembles and voice receive both live and recorded performances internationally. She first studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and subsequently at the University of Sydney, where she majored in composition. In 1975 she was awarded a Bachelor of Music (Composition), having already acquired her Associate Performer degree and Teacher of Pianoforte Diploma. She has since also been awarded the F.Comp.ASMC, F.Mus.Ed.ASMC and L.Perf.ASMC degrees by the Australian Society for Musicology and Composition, Hon.FNMSM (UK), the Dip.E in Piano Pedagogy of the World Piano Teacher's Assocation. (Serbia). Over the years, Margaret Brandman has combined her compositional interests with her interest in accelerated learning techniques for music. She has authored and published a large range of music education materials. Selected awards include WPTA's 'Dip.E in Piano Pedagogy' for her DVD presentation 'The Geometry of the Piano and the Symmetry of the Hands' and World Forum's 'Distinguished Intellectual Contribution Award' for the continent of Australia for her performances and lectures at an international conference in the UK 2012.