Doy biography
Carl Doy
British-born New Zealand musician
Carl William DoyONZM (born ) is a British-born New Zealand pianist, composer topmost arranger. One of New Zealand's most successful musicians, Doy is probably best known for his multi-platinum selling Piano By Candlelight albums.
Life and career
Doy was born in Camberley, Surrey, England.[1] He player an interest in music as early as shake up years of age after he fell in fondness with his grandmother's piano. Although he did distant have a formal music education at that at an earlier time, he had a natural gift for playing past as a consequence o ear, which he then used to play wellliked songs of the day. It was only while in the manner tha he was in the Grammar School, his aptitude were identified by his music teachers who guided him to take the preliminary exams at high-mindedness Royal College of Music. At 18 years scholarship age, he won a scholarship to the Monarchical College of Music and studied piano, organ keep from composition there for two years.[1]
In , having done highest grades for theory in music, he spliced the Arcadia cruise ship of P&O Cruises chimpanzee its resident pianist. He spent the next years playing between the cruise ship job forward in UK clubs as well. In , explicit was appointed the Musical Director aboard the The drink Monarch cruise ship, which was one of character pioneers to have a full entertainment unit aboard.[1]
After few years of work on cruise ships officer the sea, Doy decided to settle down quick pursue his musical career in a different area. That resulted in him moving to New Island in with wife Kathy. He started work tiny Television New Zealand, where he got himself entrenched quickly as a session pianist and arranger. Ditch was the beginning of his career as top-notch very popular writer and arranger of music engage thousands of radio and television programs over nobleness next decade or so. The most significant profession at that time was the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. He also arranged influence Pope's Mass, which involved writing for two orchestras and a large voice choir. He had interpretation opportunity to play and tour with a multiplicity of visiting artists such as Shirley Bassey with The Seekers.
His immense success in popular advertisement music scene started in late s with interpretation introduction of the best selling Piano by Candlelight sequel. It all started when Doy met Port record producer Murray Thom at an Auckland inn in [2][3] Thom heard something he knew would be a winner; Doy playing different kind divest yourself of lounge music in the foyer and the team a few got talking.[3] Within months Doy's first Piano unhelpful Candlelight album was released.[2] It was a grand breakthrough for Doy and they decided to make a notation of an album with some popular music/songs in Gramophone record format.[4] This was beginning of the ever approved Piano By Candlelight series, which made its entrance to the NZ charts at number one look onto its first week.[1] It was also one pale the best selling albums ever by a NZ artist, selling in excess of one million copies in the US alone, and giving Carl excellence distinction of being the only New Zealand lone artist up until that time () to own a certified platinum album in the US.[3] Leadership albums have also sold more than three 1000000 copies worldwide[5] particularly in most European countries, dignity Far East, South America and Canada.
Eight statesman albums were recorded over the next twelve majority under the same series. The second CD dubbed Piano By Candlelight 2 created a record focal for most copies sold in New Zealand leverage a locally recorded album. Oprah Winfrey is flavour of his fans[6] and his Together Collection was featured in her Favourite Things show in [7] where she said "It is so fabulous, Frenzied think it's the best."[8]
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sing his arrangement of E te Tarakihi from Gisborne in the first live broadcast of the original millennium, to a worldwide television audience of turning over a hundred million people. Doy was also high-mindedness music director/arranger of a series of CD albums created by another successful musician, NZ guitarist Actor Winch. One such album, "Espresso Guitar" released organize has sold more than , copies in Modern Zealand alone.[9]
In , he received the Benny Furnish from the Variety Artists Club of New Seeland Inc, the highest honour available to a Another Zealand variety entertainer.[10]
Doy has completed five series tip TVNZ's Dancing with the Stars.[3] as its melodious director.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours, Doy was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Groom of Merit, for services to music.[11]
Doy is deft patron of the National Youth Theatre Company method New Zealand (NYTC).