Jim Parker (1934-), who has won the British Academy Award for Best Original Television Music four times, has written scores for over one hundred programmes and is one of Britain's most successful and versatile composers. His work in film and television ranges from the seventeenth century Moll Flanders, the eighteenth century Tom Jones, and the 1920's House of Eliott, to the proud and royal contemporary score for the prestigious political thriller House of Cards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... House of Cards was a political thriller novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters, which was set at the end of Margaret Thatchers tenure as British Prime Minister. ...

After graduating as a silver medallist at the Guildhall School of Music, Parker played with leading London orchestras and chamber groups before concentrating on composing and conducting. He had early success with a series of recordings in which he set to music the poems of the British Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman; the recordings, recited by the poet and conducted by the composer, have achieved classic status. These and subsequent records, including Captain Beaky which topped the charts as both a single and album, led to work in television as well as in the London West End theatre where he has had productions of three musicals. Film scores include numerous feature-length television films along with scores for the new prints of the classic silents Girl Shy, by Harold Lloyd and The Blot, a 1921 film directed by Lois Weber. Categories: University stubs | Performing arts education in London ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... Look up chamber in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. ... A collection of Betjemans poetry, published by John Murray in January 2006 Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family... Captain Beaky & His Band (Not Forgetting Hissing Sid!!!) (commonly shortened to Captain Beaky & His Band or just Captain Beaky) are two albums (volumes 1 and 2) of poetry, written by Jeremy Lloyd, set to music by Jim Parker, and recited by a selection of celebrities. ... Girl Shy is a 1924 comedy silent film starring Harold Lloyd. ... Harold Clayton Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American film actor and director, most famous for his silent comedies. ... Lois Weber (June 13, 1881 - November 13, 1939) was an American silent film actor and producer and director, and was the first woman to direct a full-length feature film when she directed The Merchant of Venice in 1914. ...

Concert works have been written for the Nash Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass, The Hilliard Ensemble, The Albion Ensemble, The Wallace Collection and Poems in the Underground. His published compositions include "A Londoner in New York" for brass, "Mississippi Five" for wind quintet, "The Golden Section" for brass quintet, and a clarinet concerto. He is also the recipient of an honorary degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A wind quintet, also sometimes known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon). ... The Golden Section is John Foxxs first return to working with a producer since the Systems Of Romance record in 1978 with Conny Plank. ... A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. ... Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in the City of London, UK. The first Guildhall School was housed in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, but these premises soon proved too small. ...

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