John Patrick [Patrick] Standford Gledhill (05/02/1939 - 23/04/2014), an English composer (born in Barnsley, Yorkshire). Standford is well known in Britain as a university lecturer and teacher with eloquence, energy and great insight. He has been an occasional lecturer at universities and colleges in Europe and USA, where he has also supervised composition workshops for students. He has served on many international juries, especially for choral festivals in Hungary, France and Estonia. And in addition to his work as a composer, he is an active music journalist, writer, critic and broadcaster.