2008.4.Music & More
1 Su b Organist of Blackburn Cathedral 1972-83 th who died, on Sunday 13 July, 2008 From Anna Stuttard (daughter of OC Alec & Pat Stuttard) Dear John, I was saddened to hear of Keith' s death at the weekend - I will write to Ruth, of course, but I was al so prompted to send the attached photo, which I've been meaning to send to you for a while. It's of the Young People’s Choir (YPC) in 1982, which Keith directed, and I have a note on the back with the following nam es: Back row, left to right: David Whittle, Peter Anderto n, Howard Culshaw, Richard Grimshaw, Craig Horrocks, David Tattersall, Andrew Birchall, Stuart Gibson, Dean Slater, Mike Ryan, Mark Hodson, Stephen Ward, Simon Elliott, Karl Farquhar, Brian Newton, Stephen Anderson, K eith Bond (half hidden!), John Marr, Stephen Rickerby Front row, left to right: Anna Stuttard, Pam Walker, A lison Whittle, Ruth Beaumont, Heather Starkie, Diane Lewis, M argaret Marr, Veronica Tobin (Keith’s daughter), Caro l Riding, Ann Wilson, Jackie Oddie, Sue Taylor, Wendy Traci e, Karen Caunter, Debra Farquhar. I was privileged to be in the YPC for several years under Keith's direction, and I owe Keith so muc h. In the choir, I was introduced to a huge range of m usic and learned everything important I ever learned about singing and about working with other musicians. I can't overstat e how important it was to me - music might never have been such a big part of my life had it not been for Keith and the YPC.
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