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'''Carolyn Sparey Fox''' (born 1 January 1960) is a Scottish violinist and composer and author.— she played at the London Sinfonietta, the Academy of St Martins in the Field, the English Chamber Orchestra, and as principal violist at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBCSSO. She started composing after leaving the BBCSSO. |
'''Carolyn Sparey Fox''' (born 1 January 1960) is a Scottish violinist and composer and author.— she played at the London Sinfonietta, the Academy of St Martins in the Field, the English Chamber Orchestra, and as principal violist at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBCSSO. She started composing after leaving the BBCSSO. |
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Carolyn Sparey | |
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| Born | 1 January 1960 (age 64) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
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Carolyn Sparey Fox (born 1 January 1960) is a Scottish violinist and composer and author.— she played at the London Sinfonietta, the Academy of St Martins in the Field, the English Chamber Orchestra, and as principal violist at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBCSSO. She started composing after leaving the BBCSSO.
Early life
Carolyn and her brother were born to amateur musician parents and raised in a Christian household. During the war her parents home and father’s dental practice were destroyed during the London bombing raids and they decided to settle in Keswick, Lake District.
"As a child I was very much in love with Jesus; at the age of eight I enjoyed writing ‘sermons’ and psalms, and arranging services in my bedroom to which the members of my family, and any passing visitor, were invited." [1]
Education
Sparey went to Keswick Grammar School and studied at Royal Academy of Music.
Career
Sparey played at the London Sinfonietta, the Academy of St Martins in the Field, the English Chamber Orchestra. In the mid nineteen seventies Carolyn was invited to become principal viola with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, based in Edinburgh[1] and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She started composing after leaving the BBCSSO.
In 1984, Sparey played with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney as part of two St. Magnus Festival concerts under the conductor, Jerzy Maksymiuk. Sparey played viola on the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante as house soloist.[2]
In 1986, Sparey played rebec at the Burrell Collection as part of a programme of mid-15th century music of the Burgundian court.[3]
In 1991 Carolyn was invited to take up a position with the BBC orchestra in Glasgow, where she moved back to Scotland with her family after living in Durham.
Personal life
Sparey has a son with her first husband Rob Gillies. She has been married to Jeremy Fox since 2000, who wrote a study of the Letter to the Christians.
In June 1992 Carolyn converted to Bahá’ísm.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Jenny (6 July 2012). "Carolyn Sparey Fox". UK Baha'i Histories. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ The Glasgow Herald. The Glasgow Herald.
- ^ The Glasgow Herald. The Glasgow Herald.