Bill Kenchington Clarinet			William Kenchington was born in Wolverhampton. He took up the clarinet at the age of fifteen, and within one year was studying with John Davies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1958 he played at the World Fair in Brussels as a member of the Students Orchestra of Great Britain. After playing for a short time with the D'Oyly-Carte, and Sadler's Wells Orchestras, he went to study in the Vienna Academy of Music with Professor Karl Osterreicher, Principal Clarinettist with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. He has played at various times with the BBC Welsh Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Midland Light Orchestra, and, for twelve years the Scottish National Orchestra. Since 1979 William has been Professor of Clarinet at the Royal Marines School of Music, living with his wife and three children in Studdal.