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Carolyn Sparey
Born1 January 1960 (age 64)
NationalityScottish
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
Known forViolinist, composer and author
StyleClassical

Carolyn Sparey Fox (born 1 January 1960) is a Scottish violinist, 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 BBC SSO. She started composing after leaving the BBC SSO.

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."

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 and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She started composing after leaving the BBCSSO.

In December 1981, Sparey performed Bruckner's String Quintet on the viola with the Fitwilliam Quartet in London.

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.

In 1986, Sparey played rebec at the Burrell Collection as part of a programme of mid-15th century music of the Burgundian court.

In 1991 Sparey 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.

Aside from music, Sparey is the author of 6 published books. With the most recent of these books being illustrated children's books; Little Acorn (2021), Abdu'l-Bahá's Little Brown Cat (2021), and Leili and the Blue Balloon (2023). Previously, Sparey has written on Bahá’ísm and published the letters and diaries of her parents.

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.

References

  1. ^ Jenny (6 July 2012). "Carolyn Sparey Fox". UK Baha'i Histories. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. "Music in London". The Musical Times. 122 (1666): 837–840. 1981. doi:10.2307/961281. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 961281.
  3. The Glasgow Herald. The Glasgow Herald.
  4. The Glasgow Herald. The Glasgow Herald.
  5. Fox, Carolyn Sparey (2021). Little Acorn. Tatterdemalion Blue. ISBN 978-0-9933114-9-9.
  6. Fox, Carolyn Sparey (2021). 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Little Brown Cat. Tatterdemalion Blue. ISBN 978-1-915123-04-6.
  7. Fox, Carolyn Sparey (21 May 2023). Leili and the Blue Balloon. Tatterdemalion Blue. ISBN 978-1-915123-06-0.
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