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John Kenny (born 1957) is a British trombonist, carnyxplayer and composer.

Career

Kenny is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He received the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award in 1983 and the International Trombone Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.

Kenny was part of the team which created the modern reconstruction of the Carnyx horn and has subsequently performed and recorded on the instrument.

References

1. "John Kenny". Creighton's Collection. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
2. ^ "Professor John Kenny". gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. "Lifetime Achievement Awards Winners". International Trombone Association. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
4. Turner, Luke (6 March 2018). "A Blast From The Past: Defying Brexit With The Ancient Horns Of Europe". The Quietus. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
5. Rickson, Graham (5 November 2016). "Classical CDs Weekly: Glazunov, Shostakovich, Wagner, Dragon Voices". TheArtsDesk. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

External links

• Carnyx & Co.
• Warwick Music - John's Publisher
• Thank you, John Kenny ...for an open-ended life-long collaboration.
• "Deskford Carnyx". National Libraries Scotland. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

• Living people
• Scottish classical composers
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• Scottish classical trombonists
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• Scottish jazz trombonists
• British male classical composers
• Composers for trombone
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
• 1957 births
• 20th-century Scottish musicians
• 21st-century classical trombonists
• 20th-century classical trombonists
• 20th-century British male musicians
• 21st-century British male musicians
• British male jazz musicians