Kenneth Platts

{{Short description|British composer}}

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Kenneth Platts (1946—1989) was a British composer.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8sJAQAAMAAJ |title=Music in Education |date=1978 |publisher=Macmillan Journals Limited |pages=232–246 |language=en}}

He studied composition at the London College of Music with W. R. Pasfield and Lennox Berkeley. He is often classed as a composer of 'light music'. He wrote in an accessible style, and produced many works suitable for children and amateurs. His better-known compositions include a Concerto for Brass Band (?1978), a Sonatina (1979) for guitar, Delta Dances (1980) for wind band, and a Divertimento for string orchestra.