Vivienne Price

{{Short description|British music teacher (1931–2014)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Vivienne Price

| birth_date = 9 January 1931

| birth_place = Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

| death_date = {{d-da|6 November 2014|9 January 1931}}

| occupation = Music teacher

| known for = Founder of the National Children's Orchestra and Surrey College of Music

| spouse = Tony Carter

}}

Vivienne Lola Price {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (9 January 1931 – 6 November 2014) was a British music teacher and the founder of the National Children's Orchestra in 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.nco.org.uk/about/news/in-loving-memory-of-vivienne-price-mbe/ |title=In Loving Memory of Vivienne Price MBE | The National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain |publisher=Nco.org.uk |date=11 November 2014 |accessdate=23 April 2015}} In 1959, she and her husband Tony Carter bought Fitznells Manor in Ewell, Surrey, and formed the Fitznells School of Music, running it on the ground floor while living upstairs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11219231/Vivienne-Price-obituary.html|title=Vivienne Price - obituary|date=9 November 2014|website=The Telegraph}} When the house was sold in 1988 the music school was moved to Ewell Castle School.{{Cite web|url=https://fitznells.co.uk/about-us/|title=About Us|date=21 December 2022}} Vivienne was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Music Teacher awards for excellence 2014. She was made MBE in 1997.{{Cite news |last=Inglis |first=Anne |date=11 December 2014 |title=Vivienne Price obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/11/vivienne-price |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}