Biography

Douglas Mews was born at St Johns in Newfoundland in 1918 and died in New Zealand in 1993. He studied in London, England from 1936, graduating BMus in 1939. DMus (London) 1961. Following World War II, he became a Professor and examiner at Trinity College of Music (1946-63) and a lecture at Colchester Technical College (1963-8). In 1961 he graduated DMus from London. Mews emigrated to Auckland in 1969, joining the staff of the Music Department at the University of Auckland where, in 1974, he was made Associate Professor of Music. He was director of Music at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland from 1970-82. He retired from the University of Auckland in 1984. In 1990 Mews received a Papal Knighthood.

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