On Jan. 13, 2025, conductor Elgar Howarth died at the age of 89. Born on Nov. 4, 1935 Cannock, Staffordshire, Howarth’s father was an engineer who also conducted the Barton Hall Works Band, in which Elgar played cornet and his brother Stanford trombone. He went to the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music and together with his classmates {…}