Sidonie Goossens, principal harpist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, is a member of a remarkable musical family. Eugene, her father, is a conductor; Eugene, her brother, is a composer; another brother, Leon, is a fine oboe player; her sister Marie is another harpist; and her husband is Hyam Greenbaum, conductor of the BBC Television Orchestra. Sidonie studied the harp under Miriam Timothy at the Royal College of Music. She has played in nearly every symphony orchestra in England and has been heard on the air regularly since 1923, when she was a member of the Wireless Orchestra under Dan Godfrey.