Talk:Don Burrows

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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 22:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

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Studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Just in regards to someone deleting that Burrows studied at the Sydney Conservatorium in the 1940s. This is mentioned in several sources, but if you have additional information it would be great to share it. Some sources: Jazz Journal obituary (2020), Jazz In Australia (2015). Jimmyjrg (talk) 05:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok, now I have my doubts too. Per DON BURROWS: THE GENTLE COMMUNICATOR (Eric Myers & Adrienne Lamb, 1978), Burrows didn't complete school and the article seems to suggest he learnt everything in clubs. In Don Burrows At 80 Years of Age (Andrew Ford, 2008), Burrows goes into more detail. It says he was part of a school band and then started playing around. So I'll make the change to the main article. Jimmyjrg (talk) 05:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Was it not the case that, around 1992, The Con refused to let Burrows teach jazz, because he had no B.Mus? Ditto George Golla?

Mr Donald Vernon Burrows AO MBE. The honorary degree of Doctor of Music was conferred upon Donald Vernon Burrows by the Chancellor Dame Leonie Kramer AC DBE at the graduation ceremony held on 25 May 2000.

Citing from this pdf:

'Don Burrows said in a recent interview that music has been his teacher; that having left school at fourteen he did not have a "normal, full education". With characteristic modesty he added: "I've never had a piece of paper in a frame to prove I'm any good at anything." ~2025-32370-46 (talk) 02:21, 16 December 2025 (UTC)