In our exclusive list of long-serving orchestral players, Frances Darger came in at #2 for playing 70 years in the violins of the Utah Symphony.
On retirement, twelve years ago, she found a new hobby watching operas from the Met.
Frances died on July 30, aged 99. She is survived by three children, twelve grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
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Christopher Gray (Photo: Richard Marsham) Christopher Gray has been director of music at St John’s College, Cambridge since 2023. He was formerly director of music at Truro Cathedral and took over at St John’s from […]
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On of the reasons orchestras organise choral concerts is because amateur singers have families who usually book to hear them. Not in Birmingham, apparently. One of our moles tells us that, with three hours to […]
