Alicia Previn

Alicia Previn (also known as Lovely Previn) is an American violinist, songwriter, recording artist and author. She is most associated as the daughter of André Previn KBE, the conductor of the Houston, Pittsburgh, and London Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and American jazz singer Betty Bennett.

Early years

Previn began playing the violin at 7-years-old and was classically trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London by Virginia Majewski and Joan Rotchford-Davies. She experimented with other music genres such as rock, folk, blues and jazz, performing in bands from age thirteen. In high school, she joined the London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, conducted by her father at the Royal Albert and Festival Halls.

Career

Previn recorded, performed and toured with a variety of bands and artists in diverse musical genres, playing across the globe on singles and CDs. She was also a member of the Irish rock group In Tua Nua^[1] as well as The Young Dubliners.^[2] She appeared on television in the U.S. and internationally in music TV shows, commercials, videos and MTV music videos. She also performed on Jay Leno's Tonight Show in 1993 with "The Cages"^[3] with British talk-show host Des O'Connor. Previn was nominated at the San Diego Music Awards in 2013^[4] as best female musician with now disbanded group "Folding Mr. Lincoln".

Her recording career includes Polydor Records' artist, Philip D'Arrow,^[5] Atlantic Records' artist Andy Leek, London Records' artists The Hothouse Flowers, Virgin Records' band In Tua Nua,^[6] Dave King's band Flogging Molly (formerly Fastway) and Katmandu, Irish rock band Finn MacCool, New Red Archives Records' Ten Bright Spikes, Red Planet Records' The Bumpin' Uglies, Virgin Records' Cracker with David Lowery, JVC Records' Great White and Jack Russell, Capitol Records' Richard Thompson, and with Barry McGuire and Terry Talbot,^[7] as well as English bands such as General Public, The Communards, Barry Blue/Julian Littman Productions, and The Flying Pickets. She also leads her own band in the UK and released "Shatterproof" in 1982.^[8]

Author

Previn has authored children's books addressing the ecological future regarding earthworms,^[9] tortoises ^[10] bees.^[11] The Earthworm Book includes instructions on how to start a small worm farm. Previn is also involved in the Bio-Dynamic Farming method. In "Give Bees a Chance" Previn deliberately put a picture of a bee on the top corner of every page. “That means the child has to touch it every time they turn the page." It is meant to help them lose their fear of being stung.

Discography

• 1982- Shatterproof - Label- Secret #SEC6
• 1988- The Long Acre - In Tua Nua - Label-Virgin 29-041
• 2002- Steps of The Mission - Terry Talbot

Personal life

Previn lives in Encinitas, California, teaches private violin lessons and plays professionally with Tim Foley, Yael & Vlady, the Rose Three, Big Boss Bubeleh, jazz band Ten Knot Hum and for several churches in Orange and San Diego Counties. Alicia also performs and volunteers at "U-Turn for Christ" a men and women's recovery ranch in Perris, CA,. After completing Early Childhood Education in college she has taught pre-school, home-school and first grade in many subjects.

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