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Paul Watkins (other)
Paul Watkins may refer to: * Paul Watkins (musician) (born 1970), Welsh cellist and conductor *Paul Watkins (novelist) Paul Watkins (born January 1, 1964) is an American author who currently lives with his wife, Cathy, and two children, Emma and Oliver, in Hightstown, New Jersey. He is a teacher and writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and formerly taught ... (born 1964), American author * Paul Watkins (Manson Family) (1950–1990), member of Charles Manson's "Family" {{hndis, Watkins, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Watkins (musician)
Paul Watkins (born 1970) is a Welsh classical cellist and conductor. His brother is the composer Huw Watkins. Watkins studied cello with William Pleeth, Melissa Phelps and Johannes Goritzki. In 1988, he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in the string section. From 1990 to 1997, he was principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Watkins joined the Emerson String Quartet in the 2013-14 season, replacing the departing cellist David Finckel. He was previously a cellist with the Nash Ensemble, with whom he has made several commercial recordings. He was the musician-in-residence at the 2005 Fishguard Festival. Watkins has made five concerto appearances at The BBC Proms, including the 2007 First Night. In March 2006 he premiered a new concerto by Richard Rodney Bennett with the Philharmonia at South Bank Centre, recording it two months later. His commercial recordings include the first recording of the cello concerto of Cyril Scott. Watkins developed an additional i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Watkins (novelist)
Paul Watkins (born January 1, 1964) is an American author who currently lives with his wife, Cathy, and two children, Emma and Oliver, in Hightstown, New Jersey. He is a teacher and writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and formerly taught at Lawrenceville School. He attended the Dragon School, Oxford, Eton and Yale University. He received a B.A. from Yale and was a University Fellow at Syracuse University. His recollections of his time at the Dragon School and Eton form his autobiographical work ''Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England'' (1993). He wrote his first book, ''Night Over Day Over Night'' (1988), when he was 16 years old. Fiction * ''Night Over Day Over Night'' (1988) * '' Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn'' (1989) (won 1990 Encore Award) * ''In the Blue Light of African Dreams'' (1990) * ''The Promise of Light'' (1992) * ''Archangel'' (1995) * ''The Story of my Disappearance'' (1997) * '' The Forger'' (2000) * ''Thunder God'' (2004) * ''The Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |