Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell

Background

ARNELL, Richard Anthony Sayer was born on September 15, 1917 in London. Son of late Richard Sayer Amell and Helene Marie Sherf.

Education

Student, Hall School. Student, University College School. Student, Royal College Music.

Career

Opera: Love in Transit, Moonflowers, Gesualdo 1988; Ballet scores: Punch and the Child 1947, Harlequin in April 1951, the Great Detective 1953, The Angels 1957, Giselle (re-orchestrated) 1965; Film scores: The Land 1941, The Third Secret 1963, The Visit 1964, The Manitoba Outside 1966, Topsail Schooner 1966, Bequest for a Village 1969, Second Best 1972, Stained Glass 1973, Wires Over the Border 1974, Black Panther 1977, Antagonist 1980, Dilemma 1981, Toulouse Lautrec 1984, Light of the World 1988; other works: Symphonic Portrait, Lord Byron, for Sir Thomas Beecham 1953, Landscapes and Figures 1956, Petrified Princess, puppet operetta for British Broadcasting Corporation 1959; Robert Flaherty, Impression for Radio Eireann 1960, Musica Pacifica for Edward Benjamin 1963, Festival Flourish, for Salvation Army 1965, Piano Concerto for RPO 1967, Overture, Food of Love, for Portland Symphony Orchestra 1968, My Ladye Greene Sleeves, for Hofstra University 1968, Nocturne 1968, I Think of all Soft Limbs 1971, Astronaut One 1973, Life Boat Voluntary, for Royal National Lifeboat Institute 1974, Call, for LPO 1980, RVW"s Almanac 1984, Six Lawrence Poems 1985, Ode to Beecham, for RPO 1986, Brass Symphony (6) 1987; also six symphonies, two violin concertos, harpsichord concerto, two piano con certos, six string quartets, two quintets, organ works, music for string orchestra, wind ensembles, brass ensembles, song cycles and electronic musicConductor and film producer. Lecturer, Trinity College, of Music, London 194887. Lecturer, Royal Ballet School 1958-1959.

Lecturer (Fulbright exchange), Bowdoin College, Maine, United States of America 196768.

Visiting Professor, Hofstra University, New York 1968-1970. Music director and; Chairman Composers’ Guild of Great Britain 1974-1975, 1977-1979, Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra

Society 1973-1975, 1977-1979. Music, director Ram Filming Limited. since 1980.

Director A plus A Limited.

1984-1989. Chairman London Institute Film School Trust 1981-1987. Chairman Friends of London Institute Film School 1982-1987, Vice-President since 1987.

Chairman Friends of Trinity College, of Music Junior.

Department 1986-1987, Vice-President since 1987. Chairman Tadcaster Civic Society Music and Arts since 1988. Composer of the Year 1966 (Music Teachers" Association.

Achievements

• Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell has been listed as a noteworthy composer, conductor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Friends of London International Film School, 1982-1987. Chair junior department Friends of Trinity College of Music, 1986-1987. Member Composers Guild of Great Britain (chair 1974-1975, 77-79), Saxmundham Music and Arts (former president), Tadcaster Civic Society Music and Arts (chair 1988-1991).

Interests

• Cooking, traveling

Connections

Married Joan Heycock, 1992. 3 children from previous marriage.

Father:

late Richard Sayer Amell

Mother:

Helene Marie Sherf

Spouse:

Audrey Millar Paul