Clement Roy Spackman

Music teacher, organist, composer, conductor
Born: 1887, Napier
Died: 1961, New York

Roy Spackman was the son of Harry Spackman and no doubt received some of his early musical education from him. Later in his life he complete a Bachelor of Music from the University of New Zealand. He was music master at Napier Boys High School and organist at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church. Later in his career he was appointed as organist ay Knox Church, Dunedin and music master at both of Otago Boys and Otago Girls High School. Many of his compositions fall outside the period of this site but they covered a wide range of instrumental groupings, including a cantata which won second prize in the choral section of the Centennial Music Competition in 1940. Source: https://nzmusicalnotables.com/notables/notables-s-t/#roy_spackman