Summer Edition 2018

INTERVIEW
“Every child should
learn to read music at the
same time that they learn
to read words.”
Sir Tim Rice alumni of Aldwickbury School, St Albans School and
Lancing College, tells us about his school days and the influence they
had on his extraordinary career.
Where to start with the legend that is Sir Tim
Rice? He is part of our cultural and musical
heritage and puts the Great into Britain. His
awards are almost too long to list, from Academy,
Tony, and Grammy Awards to Golden Globes.
Knighted by the Queen in 1994, a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, an inductee into the
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, a Disney Legend
recipient, Fellow of the British Academy of
Songwriters, Composers and Authors – is there
nothing this man can’t do?! He even plays cricket…
Were you writing lyrics and composing from an
early age?
Never composed music until I was 19 and then only
some simple pop song tunes. I was always keen to
write funny (allegedly) verse and prose from quite
an early age – maybe eight or so.
When were you first drawn to music and did
school play a role in this?
I always liked singing at prep school (Aldwickbury)
and loved many hymns and traditional songs we
learned there from the age of five onwards.
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