Lynette was educated in Exeter, and began the violin with Gladys Stowell, gaining a distinction in Grade 8 at the age of twelve. After further studies with Colin Sauer, Lynette won a place in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and also became the leader of the Devon County Youth Orchestra. She then went to Ralph Holmes and studied with him until his tragic death in 1984. During this time Lynette was appointed leader of the National Youth Orchestra, the first girl to be given that honour in forty years.

During Lynette’s leadership of the NYO, there were appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Philharmonic Hall ( Liverpool) with Simon Rattle, and the Barbican, where she played the solo part in Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben with Norman Del Mar.

In 1984, she won the Arthur Bulgin medal, awarded by The Worshipful Company of Musicians for outstanding musical achievement; and a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music to study with Manoug Parikian from 1984 to 1987. While there, she won the Elsie Owen Memorial Prize, led the RAM Symphony and Chamber Orchestras,