As a chamber musician she was a founding member of the Novalis Quartet and has recorded with The Australian Trio for ABC Classics.
In 1978 her father's work took the family to London for a year where she studied at the Royal College of Music with Eileen Croxford.
In 1988 after touring Europe with I Solisti Veneti, she returned to her native Australia, initially as a cellist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
[6][7] She had a 14-month forced career hiatus when she fell outside the Sydney Opera House in 2001 while carrying her cello, a 1729 Carlo Tononi.
After months of surgery and rehabilitation, Hewgill returned to the concert stage as a soloist in November 2002 with a performance of Brahms' Double Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.