| Variations of Name | Winifred Patricia Carroll |
| Biography | Winifred Patricia Carroll (6 May 1932-11 June 2017) was a pianist and teacher renowned for her poetic interpretations of the repertoire and her classes deed
Born in Sidcup, Kent, the eldest of four children, Patricia learnt the piano from a young age performing for US servicemen stationed in Berkshire, where the family resided during World War Two. She studied at Newbury Girls' School and after the war the family setted in Anerley, southeast London. She went to Beckenham Girls' School, where she also played violin and sang in the choir. By 14 she was a junior exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music, London, and at 16 she was in the senior college studying piano with Arthur Alexander. In her third year at the RCM she won the Chappell gold medal, which was presented by Princess Elizzabeth, president of the college. She won a French government scholarship to study with Marguerite Long in Paris and a travelling scholarship from the Arts Council to work with Frederich Gulda in Vienna where her fellow students included Alfred Brendel and Marth Agerich.
During the 1950s and 1960s Carroll gave dozens of concerts, including early morning recitals for the BBC broadcast live from Maida Vale. In 1959 Patricia married music publisher George Newman and settled in Wimbledon having three children; Paul, Joanna and Helena. After her concert career she became a teacher at the Royal College of Music teaching sight-reading, and later retired around 2000. By the the age of 79 she had complted a BA in History of Art with the Open University and an MA. |