Kenneth Alwyn

Conductor Kenneth Alwyn had distinguished careers in traditional orchestral repertory, film music, and musical theater. He appeared for 30 years on the BBC 2 radio network's Friday Night is Music Night program. Alwyn was born Kenneth Alwyn Wetherell on July 28, 1925, in Croydon, near London, England. Alwyn attended the John Ruskin Boys' Central School (now John Ruskin College) and then served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. In 1947, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied voice, viola, and organ but then switched to conducting, winning the scho...