Richard Carr

Richard Carr may refer to:

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Richard Carr (pianist)

Richard Carr (born 27 August 1962) is an American composer and improvisational piano and keyboard player.

Life and career

Richard Carr was born in St. Louis. He took his first formal piano lessons at the age of six, at his parents' initiative, while attending a Catholic primary school. Richard started improvising at age 11 and wrote his first song at 12. During high school he played French horn and also played then-popular songs of Billy Joel, Elton John or Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He attended Benedictine College in Kansas from 1980 to 1982 as a Business/Accounting major. In college, he played French horn, euphonium, trumpet, and mallet percussion for the university bands. For the next three years, he attended Southern Illinois University and earned earned Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory/Composition. From 1985 to 1990 he attended University of North Texas doing graduate study in Music Composition. From 1990 to 1993 he went to the University of the Pacific where he earned a Master's degree in Sports Management.

Richard Carr (businessman)

Richard Charles Lascelles Carr (born 22 July 1938) is a former director of Arsenal Holdings PLC ("Arsenal") and a director and board member of Arsenal Football Club, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arsenal Holdings PLC. He is nominally in charge of the club's youth development and academy. He held 2,722 shares (4.6%) in Arsenal till May 2008, when he sold them to Stan Kroenke.

He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith through his mother Eileen Smith. His father Harry Lascelles Carr played cricket for Glamorgan served in the RAF in the Second World War and died in 1943. He has a wife, Edda, whom he married in 1960, but has no children. His half-sister, Lady Sarah Phipps-Bagge, holds 2% of the shares in the club. His brother Clive Carr is the football club's Life Vice-President.

Richard Carr has formerly held directorships of Lee Yang Enterprise Limited, the Park Lane Hotel Ltd and Tymals Investments Ltd. Tymals Investments Ltd was dissolved in 1999, the other director was fellow Arsenal board member Nina Bracewell-Smith.