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S. Drummond Wolff, DMus (Toronto), BMus (London), FRCO (London), died on April 9 of heart failure, in San Diego. Born on February 4, 1916, Dr. Wolff was a composer, organist and choirmaster; his more than 300 compositions and arrangements were published by MorningStar, Concordia, and Augsburg. He was the organist at the Montreal and Bermuda cathedrals and served on the faculty of the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the College of Marin in Kentfield, California, where he initiated the College of Marin Community Chorus, which performed various oratorios with orchestra every year for 10 years. He also served as organist/choirmaster at Metropolitan Church, Toronto. Wolff was organist at St. Martin’s in the Fields in London 1938-46, before emigrating to Canada, and returned to London in 1956 prior to going to Bermuda. He came to the United States in 1961, returned to England in 1972, and came back again in 1980 to Seattle. He moved with his family to San Diego in 1995. He is survived by his wife Jane and daughter Hervy. <

--Submitted by Mark W. Lawson, MorningStar Music Publishers