Grace Burrows
{{Short description|British musician (1893–1981)}}
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| occupation = Musician
Music educator
Orchestra conductor
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| associated_acts = Leicester Symphony Orchestra, British Women's Symphony Orchestra, The Birmingham Quartet
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Grace Burrows (29 June 1893 – 1981) was an English violinist, violin teacher and orchestral conductor.
Life and career
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Grace Burrows was born in Leicester, the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Harper Burrows (1864–1915) who served as organist for a number of churches in the Leicester area. She was also the sister of composer Benjamin Burrows (1891–1966). In the early 1920s she played viola in an ensemble called The Birmingham Quartet.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNoEAAAAMAAJ&q=grace+burrows+violin&pg=PA252|title=The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular|year=1922|access-date=27 June 2014}} She was appointed as a Lecturer in Music at the University College, Leicester, in 1924.{{citation |url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/specialcollections/specialcollections/benjaminburrows|title=Burrows collection|access-date=27 June 2014}} In 1922 she served as the founding leader of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra,{{citation |url=http://www.leicesterso.plus.com/history.htm|title=Leicester Symphony Orchestra: History|access-date=27 June 2014}} and in 1934 she also conducted the British Women's Symphony Orchestra.{{citation |url=http://www.sinfinimusic.com/uk/features/other-features/womens-orchestras|last=Duchen |first=Jessica |author-link=Jessica Duchen |date=4 March 2014|title=Women's Orchestras Symphony of Solidarity|access-date=27 June 2014}} She
died at age 87. Notable students include Joyce Howard Barrell.
Works
Although best known as a violinist, teacher and orchestra leader, Burrows also published didactic music for violin. Selected works include:
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtiRJn4kGI The British Women's Symphony Orchestra (1934) conducted by Grace Burrows from Youtube.]
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Category:English conductors (music)
Category:British women conductors (music)
Category:English classical violinists
Category:British music educators
Category:Academics of the University of Leicester
Category:Musicians from Leicester
Category:20th-century British conductors (music)
Category:20th-century British classical violinists
Category:20th-century English musicians
Category:British women classical violinists