She received a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree in composition from the
University of Sydney, where her lecturers included
Peter Sculthorpe. In addition to her activities as a professional
harpsichordist, composer, and arranger, she is known for her role as director of the
Renaissance Players, one of Australia's leading early music ensembles. She was an
associate professor of music at the University of Sydney. Evans has "re-composed" all of
Johann Sebastian Bach's works for solo violin as works for
clavicembalo, adding accompaniments as she believes Bach must have had in mind. Her recording of her recomposition of the
6 Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006, was released in 2009. In 2017 she donated a harpsichord made by
Mars McMillan to
Sancta Sabina College in Sydney. ==Awards and honours==