Beverly Porter  was born in Calgary, Alberta, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.  By age 19, she had completed the requirements for the Associate of Royal Conservatory, Toronto and the Licentiate of Trinity College, London.  This was followed by studies with Alberto Guerrero and Clifford Poole in Toronto.  Beverly obtained a Bachelor of Music at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario where her composition teachers were Clifford Crawley and David Keene.  She continues to teach piano in Kingston and her compositions are both inspired  by, and written for, her young students.