Born and raised in South Africa, Gary was lucky enough to become an ABRSM International Scholar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK where he enjoyed guidance in solo and chamber music from Mark Knight, Christopher Rowland, Isabel Charisius-Deplazes and Thomas Riebl. He went on to spend a year studying at the Reina Sofia Escuela Superior in Madrid, Spain.

Gary is a founder of the Heath Quartet, who have recently been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award, live-recorded the complete string quartets of Michael Tippett and Bela Bartok, studio-recorded Tchaikovsky Quartets 1 + 3 to critical acclaim, and a Second Viennese disc of Berg, Schoenberg and Webern. They have performed at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Boulezsaal Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Musikverein Vienna, been part of theatre and opera productions, and toured to USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and China.

Gary enjoys a range of education work, teaching viola and chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, working for Wigmore Learning, coaching the Kuumba Youth Orchestra, and the Pro Corda Conservatoire and Intermediate Courses.  He has recently been Guest Principal Viola with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.