In Memoriam After studying piano with Peter Gellhorn he became an accompanist and repetiteur, assisting Sir Charles Mackerras at the re-opening of the Prague Estates Theatre in 1991. He sang in a choir at the Royal Opera House, played with the Paddington Railway Band, collected woodwind instruments and trained as a piano tuner.
Richard’s breakthrough role as Maudslay in The Dam Busters came at the age of 23. He went on to appear in The Barretts of Wimpole Street and There’s Always a Thursday, hit television series Emergency Ward 10, Crossroads and To The Manor Born before settling in Emmerdale. Colin Verrall AGSM (1943 – 2013)
Together with the violinist Marianne Olyver, he researched and performed rare music by the ‘lost’ 20th-century composers who suffered war, exile and genocide, including Franz Schreker, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Erwin Schulhoff and Hans Gal. Their project, ‘Postcards from Europe’, continues (www.postcardsfromeurope.com).
his kindness; he was always on the side of the members of his section. His great love was chamber music and in his later years he had his own quartet. Colin leaves behind a wife, two sons and six grandsons. He was loved and will be missed by many. Susan Verrall née Cawkwell AGSM (Violin 1965)
Notices Wendy Bacon d. 2013 (Voice/Piano 1953) Michael Holland d. 2013 (Supporter of Pixie Holland Music Therapy Bursary) Patricia Kalvis nee George 1930 – 2013 (Speech & Drama 1950)
Jane Havell
Jeffrey Perry 1948 – 2012 (Speech & Drama 1970)
Richard Thorp (1932 – 2013)
Phyllis Rosenthal c. 2013 (Supporter of the Harold Rosenthal Prize)
Colin became a student at the Saturday morning Guildhall Junior Exhibitioners’ School at an early age and studied with Max Morgan, going on to study for his AGSM with Eli Goren in 1961 as a fulltime student. Colin led the Junior Exhibitioners’ Orchestra and when he became a full-time Guildhall School student he led the Second Orchestra and subsequently became leader of the First Orchestra, learning much from Paul Beard who frequently sat with him. Actor Richard Thorp, Alan Turner on Emmerdale for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 81. Richard had been the longest-serving cast member on the ITV soap opera, having made his first appearance on 23 March 1982. His character started out in the show as the hard-drinking, womanising and bullying manager of Home Farm. But he mellowed over the years, going on to be landlord of the Woolpack pub and open a B&B. He began his working life as an advertising copywriter for his father’s shoe business, but his childhood ambition for the stage won through when he enrolled at the Guildhall School.
In 1964, he won the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal. He also won numerous prizes and scholarships during his years at the School. While still attending the Guildhall School, Colin began playing as an extra in all the major London orchestras, becoming a full time violinist in 1965 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 1968, he accepted the Principal 2nd Violin position with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra where he remained until illness stopped him playing in 2007. Within the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra he was very respected for his professionalism, his musicianship and
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