(Section D)
Led by MARIE WILSON
Conducted by CLARENCE RAYBOULD
Clarence Raybould was born and educated at Birmingham. He studied music at the Midland Institute and at Birmingham University, under Sir Granville Bantock , where he was the first student to take a degree in music. Before the war he did a great deal of piano accompanying in the Midlands, and was also organist at the Unitarian church. After the war Mr. Raybould came to London as a repetiteur and assistant conductor to the Beecham Opera Company. Since that time Mr. Raybould has distinguished himself in every branch of conducting, particularly opera.