Walter Barnes

Music teacher in Toronto and arranger mainly for brass band and choir music. Retired in 1991. While teaching, Walter was the organist and choirmaster at St. Bart's Anglican Church, Toronto. After retirement, he became the organist at St. Paul's, Minden, and founded the Brass Quintet of Minden. Through the years he has arranged music for choirs, written books on the playing of Band instruments and performed in concert with The Canadian Brass. b.: Aug. 7, 1936 in Toronto, ON d.: Oct. 9, 2005 in Minden, ON