Arran, John 1945- England Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
guitarist, teacher guitar, studied guitar, composition and piano at the Royal Manchester College of Music, teacher guitar at the Royal Manchester College of Music, later at the Royal Northern College of Music, the University of Lancaster, Keele University and Bangor University, co-founder of the Chester Guitar Circle for the promotion of classical guitar performance and concerts, founder of the Chester Guitar Ensemble, conductor of the Chester Guitar Orchestra, critic of 'Classical Guitar' magazine