Farewell to former Youth Orchestra player

Family and friends of a former Edinburgh city music teacher, who spent the early part of his musical career with Rochdale Youth Orchestra, will pay tribute to him at a special memorial concert this summer.

David Crisp, who became music teacher for the city in 1994, was murdered at his home in Thailand on 19 January.

Mr Crisp, born 1 October 1954, in Derby, moved to Rochdale with his family in the 1960s and he spent his teenage years playing the French Horn in the Youth Orchestra.

He graduated from the Coventry School of Music, gaining a place at the Trinity College of Music in London, where he won the Alan J Kirby prize for conducting and the Elizabeth Schumann prize for piano.

He moved to Scotland in 1975 following the death of his father and began teaching music in schools before becoming the youngest principal teacher of music in Scotland in 1977.

He came to Edinburgh in 1994 when the Lasswade Community Orchestra, which he directed, was moved to the city to offer opportunities to musicians from across the capital.

He retired from teaching in 2007, moving to Thailand to continue his composing. His life and music will be celebrated at a concert in Edinburgh in June.