For twenty-three years, Kevin Clark was a director of a large, multidisciplined practice with offices in Wellington and Brunei. In 1995, he was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects for services to architecture. Kevin pursued a parallel career in music, performing on television, doing radio broadcasts and commercial recordings and taking part in jazz festivals. In 1997, he retired from architecture and continued in music with postgraduate studies, tutoring at Massey University Conservatorium of Music, composing and recording six albums. He has won several awards. His last book, From the Bandstand, is a humorous collection of haps and mishaps in his musical life. He lives in Plimmerton, New Zealand and is still active in music, both performing and teaching. He is also a glider pilot and instructor and recently published Glidertoons, a book of his own cartoons on the subject.