included a work by a living composer in each of its programs, often a premiere performance. Among these was the first London performance in September 1972 of the Cello Concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss in which the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber made his professional debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Later she would take faculty posts at Trinity College London (1959 to 1966), the Royal College of Music (1967 to 1977), and then Kingston Polytechnic at Gypsy Hill. In 1967 she was appointed chairwoman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. In London, her address was 20 Heathcote Road, St. Margaret's, Twickenham. On her retirement, Gipps returned to Sussex, living at Tickerage Castle near Framfield until her death in 1999, aged 78, after suffering the effects of cancer and a stroke. Her son, Lance Baker, was a professional horn player and orchestrator and brass teacher. Music Stylistically, Gipps was a Romantic both in the musical sense and in her choice of extra-musical inspiration (for example the tone poem Knight in Armour). Although her music is not typically pastoral from a programmatic perspective, Gipps was heavily indebted to the English pastoralist school of the early 20th century, particularly her erstwhile teacher Vaughan Williams, but other figures, including Arthur Bliss (to whom she dedicated the Fourth Symphony), her contemporary Malcolm Arnold, and George Weldon were also influential. Her conservative, tonal style placed her at odds with contemporary trends in music such as serialism, of which she was highly critical. Selected works Orchestra Variations on Byrd's "Non nobis", for small orchestra, Op. 7 (1942) Knight in Armour, tone poem, Op. 8 (1942) Sea Nymph, ballet for small orchestra (or for two pianos), Op. 14 (1941 ?) Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 22 (1942) Death on a Pale Horse, tone poem, Op. 25 (1943) Chanticleer Overture, Op. 28 (1944) The Chinese Cabinet Suite for orchestra, Op. 29 (1945) Symphony No. 2 (in One Movement), Op. 30 (1945) Mahomet and the Cat, Op. 32 (1947) Song for Orchestra, Op. 33 (1948) Cringlemire Garden, Impression for String Orchestra, Op. 39 (1952) Coronation Procession for orchestra, Op. 41 (1953) Kensington Garden Suite, Op. 2, orchestral version (1953 ; orig. for oboe and piano, 1938) Pageant Overture The Rainbow, Op. 44 (1954) Symphony No. 3, Op. 57 (1965) Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1972) Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 (1982) Ambarvalia for small orchestra, Op. 70