Brian Bonsor
James Brian Bonsor (21 August 192622 February 2011) was a Scottish-born composer and teacher specialising in the recorder. Life and career. Brian Bonsor was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire on August 21,1926. Following war service he studied at Moray House in Edinburgh and at Trinity College, London, to become a music teacher. He studied briefly with the recorder player Carl Dolmetsch. Bonsor spent about 35 years in musical education, teaching in primary and secondary schools, including 17 years at Hawick High School. He taught further education classes and summer courses and later acted as Regional Education Advisor for  the Scottish Borders in the 1970s. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 for services to teaching music, in particular the recorder. "Enjoy the Recorder", written by Bonsor, is used to teach the recorder in schools. His arrangements for recorders include Percy Grainger's "Mock Morris" (1985), "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. and Strauss's "Emperor Waltz" (1985). Bonsor was a musical director for the Society of Recorder Players from 1957. Bonsor wrote the piano piece "Dreamy", which was featured in Trinity Guildhall's 2012–2014 Grade 6 repertoire. His piece "Feelin' Good" was included in the ABRSM's 05/06 grade  6 repertoire, the Royal College of Music's grade 7 repertoire and the Australian Music Examinations Board's grade 6 Old Syllabus and "Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout" for the ABRSM's 07/08 grade 7 repertoire and AMEB's grade 7 Old Syllabus. Bonsor died in Hawick on 22 February 2011.