Fiona Bennett (born 1962) is a Welsh composer of classical music.Classic FM Composers: Fiona Bennett. Accessed 26 March 2016 Career overview Bennett was born in Cardiff and studied at the Guildhall School of Music in London. After graduating, she formed a band called "Route 66", which performed at Highclere Castle.Fiona Bennett official website. Accessed 26 March 2016 and also sang with her own jazz trio. She married businessman Bob Rae, and they had two children, Dominic and Zachary, before divorcing. Zachary was diagnosed with autism in 2006, and Bennett gave up her music career temporarily to look after him."A fresh start for Fiona", Newbury Today, 25 April 2014 . Accessed 26 March 2016 She took up composing again at the age of fifty, and hired a studio to record some of her pieces under her own "ELF Records" label.
In 2014, Bennett began advertising her album A Country Suite on radio. The following year, she campaigned to get listeners to vote for her music in the annual Classic FM "Top 300" listeners' poll; as a result, her pieces 'The Landscape', 'A Lad and a Lass' and 'Tempus Fugit' entered the station's "Hall of Fame"."Online Campaign Brings ‘Hall of Fame’ Success For Fiona Bennett", BASCA website . Accessed 26 March 2016
In 2016, her "New Lady Radnor Suite" entered the Hall of Fame at no 231.Classic FM - Hall of Fame 2016. Accessed 26 March 2016
In 2017, Bennett reached no. 210 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame Top 300 with her album, 'A Country Suite'.
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