Thomas Grigg (musician)

Thomas Grigg (28 August 1859 – January 1944) was a South Australian violinist, teacher and conductor.

Grigg was born in Teignmouth, Devon and arrived in South Australia around 1878.

He furthered his musical education under Hermann Heinicke at Gotthold Reimann's Adelaide College of Music (founded 1883), which became the Elder Conservatorium.

He was a tutor with W. R. Knox's South Australian College of Music (founded 1895) at Priest's Buildings, off Flinders Street, whose staff also included T. H. Jones, Edward Howard, Lucy Stevenson, Evelyn Goss, Professor Macully, F. Bellizia. He taught many string players, notably Harold S. Parsons, Harry Hutchins and Mrs. C. W. Chinner. He taught violin at the Methodist Ladies' College around 1905.

He frequently appeared as a featured soloist or in duets at concerts, and was a member of the popular Adelaide String Quartet.

He was for 28 years a member of the permanent orchestra attached to the Theatre Royal, served as leader and in 1893 or earlier became its conductor.

He was conductor of the Adelaide Orchestral Society which, under management of Charles Cawthorne, regularly gave concerts in aid of prominent causes, notably 26 annual benefits for Minda Home, held at the Exhibition Building. During the Great War he performed in support of various patriotic causes.

He was nominated one of the 15 notable musicians of South Australia of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Frederick Bevan, Charles Cawthorne, E. Harold Davies, J. M. Dunn, Thomas Grigg, Hermann Heinicke, John Horner, E. H. Wallace Packer, Harold Parsons, W. R. Pybus, I. G. Reimann, William Silver, C. J. Stevens, Oscar Taeuber, Arthur Williamson

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