JANE BOWDEN

I have been living in Fredericton N.B. since 1977, where I am a private music teacher; I teach piano and clarinet. I married Doug Vipond in 1972, and he teaches psychology at St. Thomas University. I met Doug in the Mikado orchestra at Kelvin; we now play together in a trio (violin, clarinet (Doug), and piano (Jane).), and in a provincial concert band (Doug plays sax, Jane plays E flat clarinet). Our sons, Nick and Sam, were born in 1979 and 1983. Nick is a jazz guitarist and attends St. Thomas U. Sam is a philosophy major at McGill, and a drummer. I studied English and Philosophy at U. of T., and Early Childhood Education at U. of T.’s Institute of Child Study. I played part-time with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, and did free-lance work during this time. Before we moved to Fredericton, we lived in Boulder Colorado for a year while Doug did a post-doc. In March 2001 Doug’s dad, Reid, died; his mother, Dorothy, lives in London, Ont., near Doug’s sister Fran. My mother, Joyce, died in June 2001. My dad, Drummond, sold the house on Waverley St. in Nov. 2002, and moved to Fredericton, to a condo overlooking the St. John River. Our family still journeys to Willlard Lake (near Kenora) every summer.