Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 2001/11

From: "James Sclater" <Sclater@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] John Denman
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:06:49 -0500

This is sad news, indeed. I had the pleasure of hearing him in Denver in =
1980 at a clarinet convention. A man of great humor and warmth. His =
recording of the Finzi concerto is one of my favorites.

Jim Sclater

James Sclater
Professor of Music
Mississippi College

>>> HatNYC62@-----.com 11/08/01 03:55PM >>>
An Associated Press obituary published on Thursday=20
(11/8) reports: "John Denman, a clarinetist who was most=20
recently artistic adviser to the Tucson Symphony=20
Orchestra's pops division, died Tuesday from=20
complications of esophageal cancer. He was 68." Born=20
in London, Denman "was a principal clarinetist for the=20
orchestra for more than 20 years." He also played=20
"principal clarinet with the London Symphony Orchestra=20
and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra," and "taught=20
music at Trinity College in England before coming to=20
teach at the University of Arizona." He joined the Tucson=20
Symphony Orchestra "in the late 1970s."

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