Richard
Richard
Stevens
Chairman
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MR JOHN
JENKINS
It was with
great sadness that I heard on Saturday of the
death of John Jenkins. John was
extremely well known throughout the music world in Wales, not only for
his work
with West Glamorgan Youth Orchestra but also as a celebrated conductor
of male
voice choirs. He was present Musical
Director of Bridgend Male Voice Choir, although he conducted many
choirs in his
long illustrious career. He was Musical Director of The Gower Chorale
from 2001
until the end of December 2003 when he returned to his first love of
conducting
male voice choirs.
John never
lost touch with The Gower Chorale, especially
through his work as Trustee for the Russell Sheppard Memorial Trust. As most of you will know, John was in fact
Russell Sheppard’s son-in-law and he always made sure each year
that we
received tickets to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
for the
scholarship recital.
I know he will
be sorely missed by all who came into contact
with him and our thoughts, at this sad time, are with Wendy, his widow,
and
their family.
May he rest in peace.
8/1/2012
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