Stanley Saunders
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Stanley Saunders (3 May 1927 – 25 January 2019) was a Welsh and Canadian educator, clarinetist, violinist, and conductor. Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, he was a founding member of the first youth orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Wales.{{Cite web |title=Stanley Saunders |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stanley-saunders-emc |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2019 |title=Pipes and Strings |url=https://brantfordsymphony.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BSO-Program-Concert-3-2018-2019-Pipes-and-Strings.pdf |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=brantfordsymphony.ca}}
Life and career
Saunders was the conductor of many orchestras, including the Franco-Gallois Orchestra, the University of Guelph Civic Orchestra, and the Brantford Symphony Orchestra, as well as being the first principal conductor of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra.
Saunders was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. He died on 25 January 2019, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=Dignity Memorial |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/acton-on/stanley-saunders-11190993 |website=Dr. Stanley Saunders |access-date=29 March 2023}}
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External links
- [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stanley-saunders-emc Stanley Saunders] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222132255/http://www.ugalumni.uoguelph.ca/~stanleys/ University of Guelph alumni page on Maestro Stanley Saunders]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Wales
Category:Canadian conductors (music)
Category:Male conductors (music)
Category:People associated with Cardiff Metropolitan University
Category:Musicians from Newport, Wales
Category:Academic staff of the University of Guelph
Category:University of Oregon alumni
Category:Welsh conductors (music)
Category:British male conductors (music)
Category:British male violinists
Category:21st-century British conductors (music)
Category:21st-century British clarinetists
Category:21st-century Canadian clarinetists
Category:21st-century violinists
Category:21st-century British male musicians
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