Teaching first in Grammar Schools then in Colleges of Education, music, or more particularly Music Education, has been my life and also that of my late wife Gill.
We retired in 1992 and spent twelve happy years amongst other things being involved in renovating two properties in the Dordogne, France.
Gill and me in Machu Picchu, Peru, October 2004
Curriculum Vitae
National Service in the RAF as a Radar Mechanic (1953-5)
Trained at Bretton Hall College, Wakefield (1956-8) and Trinity College London (1958-9). Qualifications M.Ed; B.Ed (hons); Cert.Ed.; LTCL; ALCM
Head of Music at:
1959-63: Gillingham Boys’ Grammar School, Kent
1963-66: New Mills Grammar School, Derbyshire
1966-74: Ethel Wormald College of Education, Liverpool
1974-1992: Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Gill, neé Davies, (M.Ed; BA; LRAM; LTCL: Cert.Ed) trained at Bretton Hall (1957-9) and at the Guildhall School of Music, London (1959-60), taught at Levenshume Grammar School in Manchester (1960-61), Christchurch in Kent (1962-3), All Hallows, Speke(1969-71), St Cyrils Primary school, Netherly (1972-3), as Head of Music at Shorefield Comprehensive in Liverpool (1973-4), as piano tutor, and later lecturer, at the Ethel Wormald College (from 1971-85) and, from 1985 to 1992, as Senior Lecturer in the Music Department at Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk.
Now I spend my time enjoying the family, travel, wine, playing with computers and being involved in various activities in our local ‘University of the Third Age’ (U3A).
The copyright of some of the music I wrote and used during my career has now reverted back to me and so I can offer it to be used by anyone free of charge. I only ask that my authorship and copyright is acknowledged.
You’ll find pdf versions of various pieces which you can click on and print. Let me know if you enjoyed them; better still send me a tape, CD or email of your performances. Have fun!
There’s also information about other publications, a basic family tree, and the origins of the surname Crimlisk.
