She began her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in 1903, but was withdrawn by her father in 1905 after teacher Percy Hilder Miles proposed to her (he later left her his Stradivarius violin in his will).
Comezou os seus estudos na Royal Academy of Music en 1903, mais foi retirada polo seu pai en 1905 despois de que o seu profesor Percy Hilder Miles propuxéralle matrimonio (posteriormente el deixaríalle o seu violín stradivarius no seu testamento).