Don Allan
Conductor, Burlington Concert Band
A native of Dundas, Don played with the local junior band before joining the
RCAF in 1951 for a 20 year tenure, first as Solo Clarinetist, then as assistant
conductor of the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces. He studied clarinet
at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and with noted instructor David
Weber in New York.
After retirement from the Forces, Don served as Head of Music at Perdue High
School in Oakville. In 1977, he became Supervisor of Music for Burlington and
Director of Music for the Teen Tour Band.
Don has also served as conductor of the McMaster University Concert Band for
two years; as a member of the Mohawk College Music Department; as president of
the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Band Association (1984-87); as first vice-
president of the National Executive of the CBA in 1985 and as member of the
nominating committee of the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna,
Austria in 1987. That dedication to service has never waned. When Lt.-Col.
Cliff Hunt retired as director of The Burlington Concert Band in 1998, Don set
aside his clarinet and picked up his baton again.
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