Jan Faulkner

Jan Faulkner (1953 – 14 December 2013) was a British percussionist, composer and music teacher. She played in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, taught music at Wells Cathedral School and wrote compositions for beginners in percussion, double bass, and songs for children to sing on visiting historical places. She was an examiner for musical boards and taught international percussionists. Her music continues to be taught, in the UK and internationally. Also freelance percussionist Alun McNeil-Watson, who was the first percussionist to be awarded a gala concert whilst at Wells, and went on to win awards as an international concert performer, and is also director of Box9Drumline. She commissioned works through the National Association of Percussion Teachers, including pieces by Peter R. Barclay, who has performed in major arenas such as O2 Arena with Andrea Bocelli. He worked with fellow ex-pupil Kim Foster on a piece dedicated to Faulkner. Faulkner composed beginners pieces for percussion, which also had simple accompaniment, for teachers who were not pianists. and prepared the timpani, snare drum and tune percussion syllabus, working with Michael Skinner and colleague, Jayne Obrado