Colin Courtney

British clarinetist and clarinet teacher. Died in 2009 aged 74. Studied at Royal College of Music, London. Principal Clarinet in one of the two orchestras then employed by Sadler's Wells Opera Company (until 1960). His teaching career also blossomed in the 1960s with his appointment to the woodwind staff at the Royal College, a post he held until his retirement, as well as, more recently, that of tutor to the clarinettists of the The Central Band Of The Royal Air Force at Uxbridge. In 1959, he married Anne Edwards.