Diplomas:
Piano (1952) - “U. Giordano” Conservatory - Foggia
Organ (1957) - “S. Cecilia” Conservatory - Rome
Composition (1958) - “S. Cecilia” Conservatory - Rome

Masterclasses:
Film-music (1955 - 1956) - “S. Cecilia” Conservatory - Rome
Composition (1965) - Accademia musicale Chigiana - Siena

Teachers
Paolo Denza, Renzo Silvestri (piano) - Fernando Germani (organ) - Achille Longo, Enzo Masetti, Virgilio Mortari (composition)

Didactic Activity
She has been teacher of Composition at “S. Cecilia” Conservatory in Rome up to 2001. She taught organ and composition at Foggia Conservatory (from 1959 to 1974) and was director there in 1972 and 1973. She also had a teaching post at the “L. Refice” Conservatory in Frosinone (between 1974 - 1978). She held school composition classes at “Festival delle Nazioni” - Città di Castello (1976-1979), at Accademia musicale “O. Respighi” of Assisi (1980-1992), at Internationale Meisterkursen of Düren (Germany 1989), at Estate Musicale Frentana of Lanciano (1992-1993)

Other Activities
Artistic Director of the “Amici della Musica” - Foggia from 1972 to 1998. She is a consulent for various other Associations in Puglia and Lazio, and launched the series of concerts entitled “Composers of Yesterday and Today” dedicated to music written by women; she has edited various 18th century scores; she has been a member of the Executive Board of International League of Women Composers (ILWC - U.S.A.)

Prizes
She has won various national and international composition prizes, including “A. Casella” 1970, “Caccini” 1956, “Viotti” 1956, the Cassa Nazionale Assistenza Musicisti 1971 for a one act Opera and the “International Competition for string quartet” - San Francisco (U.S.A.) 1981

Prizes to the career:
1976: Prize “Adelaide Ristori”
1976: Prize “Margherita d’oro”
1993: Prize “Foyer des Artistes”
2001: Prize “Giuseppe Verdi”