Andrew Downs (zookeeper)
Andrew Downes may refer to: * Andrew Downes (composer) (1950–2023), British classical composer * Andrew Downes (scholar) Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus (2 February 1628), was an England, English classical scholar. Life He was born in the county of Shropshire, and was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge, St. John's College, Cambridge, wh ...

Andrew Downes (composer)
Andrew Downes (20 August 1950 – 2 January 2023) was a British classical composer. He was head of the School of Composition and Creative Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire from 1992 until 2005. His compositions have been performed and broadcast internationally. Early life Downes was born in Handsworth, Birmingham. He attended St. John's College, Cambridge, on a scholarship, receiving his master's degree in composition. In 1974 he studied with Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. Downes was head of the School of Composition and Creative Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire from 1992 until 2005, when he retired due to ill health. He kept working as a freelance composer. Career In addition to live performances, Downes' music has been broadcast on BBC Radios 2, 3, and 4, BBC TV, France Musique, Italian TV, Austrian Radio, Dutch Radio, Czech Radio, and Central Peking Radio. Seventeen CDs have been made of his music. He composed ''The Marshes of Glynn'' for the Royal ...
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