Jim Parker

A silver-medallist graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, Parker began his career performing oboe and cor anglais in London orchestras and with the Barrow Poets, where he supplied original instrumental accompaniments for spoken and sung poetry. Shifting focus to composition, he gained early acclaim with recordings that set Sir John Betjeman’s poems to music and with the chart-topping “Captain… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources