Simon Rattle’s orchestra teacher has died
mainJohn Ward, principal percussion of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for decades and mentor to countless fine musicians, died last night.
By all accounts, a lovely man.
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is he the father of conductor Duncan Ward?
Duncan Ward’s website says that he comes from a non-musical family background. So almost certainly not. (Ward is in any case a very common name).
No relation to Duncan Ward, John’s sons are Stephen (me) and Philip
I met John Ward for the first time on the cricket field. He was playing for the Liverpool
Phil cricket team, and they had an annual match against my works team – circa 1953/55.
A lovely man. What a percussionist I was always fascinated by his playing, particularly
on side drum.
Ken sumner