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FOUNDERS OF A GREAT MUSICAL TRADITION IN CEYLON, REMEMBERING MAJOR AND MRS WG ST CLAIR – By HUGH KARUNANAYAKE  THE WG ST CLAIR STUDENT ORCHESTRA 1930 Back Row, from left:Basil White, Corbett Jayewardene, Kai Nielson, Marjorie Bartholomeusz, Mrs Van Cuylenberg, Phyllis Arseculeratne. Middle Row; May Muttunayagam, Lennie Sandrasagara,Prienie Molamure,Charlemont Dias,Netta Muttunayagam, Mrs WG St Clair Evelyn Felsinger, Mrs EE Spencer, Beryl Bartholomeusz Seated: Rosemary van Houven, Ada Swan, ,Laurette De Zilwa, Mrs Caspersz, Mrs Jayetilleke, Rene de Franz Seated on ground: Basil Ferdinand, Audrey Dharmakirti.   Western music in Sri Lanka today is a broad  musical canvas encompassing many musical genres such as the classics, pop, jazz, rock and roll etc. It is indeed a live entity drawing musicians of talent to meet the unceasing demand  from an ever growing  audience. Sri Lanka boasts a formidable musical culture which seems to be  institutionalised and embedded within all classes and ethnicities. ...