Thursday 7 September 2017

The death has been announced of composer Derek Bourgeois. He was aged 75.

For many years he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and was Director of the National Youth Orchestra from 1984 to 1993. In 1994 he was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls School, London, a position previously held by a number of noted composers, including Gustav Holst and his former mentor Howells.

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