Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Waxay ku dhalatay York waxayna ku soo barbaartay Yorkshire, Dawson waxay si buuxda u filaysay inay sii waddo dhaqanka beeraha ee qoyskeeda, runtiina heesaha ma ahayn xirfadeedii ugu horreysay; waxay markii ugu horreysay ka shaqaysay warshadaha iyadoo ah turjumaan. Si kastaba ha noqotee, markii dambe waxay wax ka baratay labadaba Guildhall School of Music iyo Britten <unk> Pears School ee Suffolk, halkaas oo macallimiinteeda ay ka mid ahaayeen Rae Woodland, Gerald Moore iyo Peter Pears. Waqtigeedii arday ahaan ee muusikada, si kastaba ha noqotee, way koobnayd maadaama ay si dhakhso leh u heshay shaqo xirfadeed oo ku filan si ay u bilowdo xirfad waxayna sameysay bandhiggeedii ugu horreeyay ee opera sanadkii 1986 iyada oo ah Countess ee "Le Nozze di Figaro" (Kent Opera). Mawqifka Dawson ee ah mid ka mid ah sopranos-yada ugu dabacsan uguna caansan England waxaa lagu xaqiijiyay bandhiggeeda iyada oo ah heesaha keli ah ee "Libera me" ee ka soo jeeda Verdi's Requiem oo ay la socdaan Fanaaniinta BBC-da
Aaska Diana, Amiiraddii Wales bishii Sebtember 1997. Waxay weli sii wadaa jadwalka muusikada ee mashquulka ah, waa madaxa daraasadaha heesaha iyo opera ee Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) iyo sidoo kale Jaamacadda York waxayna tahay Professor of Leeds College of Music.