Pamela Weston
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Pamela Theodora Weston was a British
clarinet
ist, teacher and writer.
Born in London, she attended Priors Field School. Following two years at the Royal Academy of Music
she won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music before studying privately with the noted clarinetist Frederick Thurston
. She was Professor of Clarinet at the Guildhall from 1951 until 1969. She founded the International Clarinet Association Congress in 1984, the first ever held in the United Kingdom
.
to undertake an assisted suicide at the age of 87 in 2009.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
ist, teacher and writer.
Born in London, she attended Priors Field School. Following two years at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
she won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music before studying privately with the noted clarinetist Frederick Thurston
Frederick Thurston
Frederick John Thurston was an English clarinettist.From the age of 7 he was taught by his father and he won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music, becoming a pupil of Charles Draper...
. She was Professor of Clarinet at the Guildhall from 1951 until 1969. She founded the International Clarinet Association Congress in 1984, the first ever held in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
Writings
Her first book, Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past, published in 1971, was followed by The Clarinet Teacher's Companion (1976), More Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past (1977), Clarinet Virtuosi of Today (1989) and Yesterday's Clarinettists: A Sequel (2002).Death
Suffering in her last years from debilitating myalgic encephalomyelitis, she travelled to SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
to undertake an assisted suicide at the age of 87 in 2009.