JOHN SHEPPARD

John Sheppard was for some 25 years a Planning Inspector, holding public inquiries and writing reports on all forms of development. Retirement has brought the opportunity to spend more time on music, both as listener and performer. He currently conducts two amateur orchestras in Nottinghamshire, taking particular pleasure in rarely played items. These have included music by Coleridge-Taylor, Sistek, Quilter and a Symphony by Alice Mary Smith.