| Dara Carrol was born in 1958 in Carlisle. He attended Westholme School, Blackburn, from 1962 until he was accepted as a junior chorister at the New College Oxford Choir. He became head chorister in 1971. He was a promising viola and piano player. In September 1972 he left the choir and continued his studies as a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol.
He is now deputy head of the music department at Thomas Telford
School
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Kenneth Leighton
Dara Carroll (treble) - The Choir of New College, Oxford
Gerald English - Tenor
Bram Wiggins - Trumpet
Murray Somerville - Organ
Abbey Records, ABY 702 - 1971
Side One
1 - Crucifixus Pro Nobis
2 - God's Grandeur
Side Two
1 - An Easter Sequence
2 - Paen
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notes)
Dara Carroll also sings solo on the LP In Quires and Places No. 7 (Abbey LPB 716) 1972, the LP
Evensong at New College Oxford (Abbey LPB 725) 1973
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Discography
Dara Carroll - Head Chorister New College Oxford (1972)
Abbey LPB 699, LP
1. Where E'er You Walk (Handel)
2. My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach)
3. Flocks in pastures green
abiding (Bach)
4. Shepherd's Cradle Song (Somervell)
5. Ah! My Saviour (Bach)
6. The Lark In The Clear Air
7. Can She Excuse My Wrongs? (Dowland)
8. Flowers Of The Valley
9. Fine Knacks For Ladies (Dowland)
10. Strawberry Fair
11. Come Again (Dowland)
12. Sweet Nightingale
13. To A Snowflake (Drayton)
14. Jazz-Man (Britten)
Dara Carroll Volume 2 - Head Chorister New College Oxford (1972)
Abbey LPB 714, LP
1. Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring (Bach)
2. How Beautiful Are The Feet (Handel)
3. Come Let Us All This Day (Bach)
4. Pie Jesu (Fauré)
5. O Lovely Peace (Handel)
6. Skye Boat Song
7. Will Ye No Come Back Again
8. Faery Song (Boughton)
9. Lullaby (Brahms)
10. The Road To The Isles
11. Balulalow (Lumsden)
12. Sound The Trumpet (Purcell)
CD re-release
The tracks Pie Jesu (fauré), Skye Boat Song and Lark in the Clear Air have been re-released on the CD
'Once were Angels'
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