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Canadian Composers
This is a list of composers who are either native to the country of Canada, are citizens of that nation, or have spent a major portion of their careers living and working in Canada. The list is arranged in alphabetical order: A * John Abram (born 1959) *Murray Adaskin (1906–2002) * Andrew Ager (born 1962) * Kati Agócs (born 1975) *Lucio Agostini (1913–1996) * Robert Aitken (born 1939) * J. E. P. Aldous (1853–1934) *Gaston Allaire (1916–2011) * Émilien Allard (1915–1977) * Joseph Allard (1873–1947) * Peter Allen (born 1952) * Kristi Allik (born 1952) *Paul Ambrose (1868–1941) * Robert Ambrose (1824–1908) * W.H. Anderson (1882–1955) * Samuel Andreyev (born 1981) *Humfrey Anger (1862–1913) *István Anhalt (1919–2012) *Paul Anka (born 1941) *Louis Applebaum (1918–2000) * Violet Archer (1913–2000) *John Arpin (1936–2007) *Raynald Arseneault (1945–1995) B * Maya Badian (born 1945) * Michael Conway Baker (born 1937) *Gerald Bales (1919–2002) * Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Composers
This is a list of lists of composers grouped by various criteria. Name *List of composers by name Women *List of female composers by name *List of female composers by birth date *List of Australian female composers Genre *Anime composer *List of Carnatic composers *List of film score composers *List of major opera composers * List of composers of musicals * List of musicals by composer: A to L, M to Z *List of ragtime composers *List of sports television composers * List of symphony composers *List of acousmatic-music composers * List of Spaghetti Western composers *List of television theme music composers Era *List of classical music composers by era *List of Medieval composers * List of Renaissance composers *List of Baroque composers *List of Classical-era composers *List of Romantic-era composers *List of 20th-century classical composers *List of 21st-century classical composers Nationality or ethnicity * Chronological lists of classical composers by nationality * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Anhalt
István Anhalt, (April 12, 1919 – February 24, 2012) was a Hungarian-Canadian composer. Anhalt served as a professor of music at McGill University and founded the McGill University Electronic Music Studio. He also served as head of music at Queen's University, Kingston. His works earned him the reputation of one of the founding fathers of electroacoustic music in Canada. Among his pupils are Kevin Austin (composer), Kevin Austin, John Fodi, Clifford Ford, Hugh Hartwell, John Hawkins (Canadian composer), John Hawkins, Alan Heard, Richard Hunt (pianist), Richard Hunt, Donald Patriquin, and Alex Tilley. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.Governor General of CanadaOrder of Canada: Istvan Anhalt, O.C., LL.D Press Office, Governor General of Canada, 2009-04-30. In 2007, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Selections from his correspondence with American composer George Rochberg were published in 2007. Early life and education Childhood Istvá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beauvais
William Eugene Beauvais (born October 9, 1956) is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada. Early life Beauvais completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at the University of Toronto. Shortly after graduation he won first prize both at the Canadian Music Competition and in the Carrefour Mondial de Guitare in Martinque. Career Beauvais is best known for his work as a teacher at York University, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Queen's University and the University of Windsor, and for his recordings, most notably, his 1991 recording of The Bulgarian Dances on the usica Viva 1071 In over three decades, Beauvais has accumulated many diverse performing and recording credits. The artists he has worked with include: Brian Katz, The Evergreen Club, Arraymusic, New Music Concerts, Alan Hetherington, The Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Les Amis Concerts. He has also worked with choreographers Terrill Maguir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Beaulieu
Joseph Beaulieu (21 May 1895 – 1 October 1965) was a Canadian composer, folklorist, and music educator. He traveled extensively throughout Canada collecting folk songs, which he compiled in several published books. As a composer, his works reflect his strong interest in folk music in there structure and melody. He wrote over 200 works, most of them folk-inspired songs or sacred songs. Also of note is his operetta ''Le Trésor du pauvre'' and his mass for four mixed voices, the ''Vatican II Mass'', which was written for ceremonies held during the Second Vatican Council. A number of his pieces have been published by La Bonne Chanson and Thompson. Life Born in Mattawa, Ontario, Beaulieu began his musical training at the relatively late age of 20, studying piano with Oscar O'Brien and Amédée Tremblay in Ottawa. He soon after began performing in evening entertainments with his teachers and baritone Charles Marchand. With Marchand he traveled throughout the provinces of Ontario and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Barnes (composer)
Milton Barnes (16 December 1931 – 27 February 2001) was a Canadian composer, conductor, and jazz drummer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his music is noted for its frequent use of Jewish themes, its rejection of the avant garde in favor of tonality, and its blend of classical, jazz, and pop elements. His music has been labeled by some critics as "eclectic fusion". He was commissioned to write works by Robert Aitken, Liona Boyd, Paul Brodie, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Erica Goodman, Joseph Macerollo, the Harbord Bakery, the New Chamber Orchestra of Canada, the Ontario Federation of Symphony Orchestras, John Perrone, and Trio Lyra among others. He remained active as a composer up until his sudden death of a heart attack in 2001. He is the father of singer/songwriter Micah Barnes, cellist Ariel Barnes, and drummer/producer Daniel Barnes. Life Born in Toronto, Barnes entered The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in 1952 where he was a pupil of Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Barber
Lesley Barber (born 1962) is a Canadian composer of music for film, theatre, chamber and orchestral ensembles and she is also a conductor, pianist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Barber is best known for composing the film scores for '' Manchester by the Sea, Late Night, You Can Count on Me'', ''Mansfield Park'', ''Irreplaceable You, Hysterical Blindness'', ''When Night Is Falling'', and composing music for the animated television series '' Little Bear''. Early life and education Born in 1962 in Toronto, Ontario, Barber started composing at age 10. She won several young composer awards and graduated with a master's degree in music composition from The University of Toronto in 1988, studying with electro-acoustic music pioneer, composer Gustav Ciamaga and composer Lothar Klein. Career After university, Barber spent several years scoring for the alternative theatre scene in Toronto, creating music for over 20 theatre productions. Notable theatre works include Brad Fraser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Barakatt
Steve Barakatt (born May 17, 1973) is a Canadian composer, music producer, pianist, singer and creative director. He was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2020 and he is a former National Ambassador of UNICEF Canada. Early years When he was four, he began piano lessons. Over the next 10 years he studied classical music, and then switched to jazz. Barakatt enjoyed many challenging musical experiences from an early age, including that of guest soloist with l' Orchestre symphonique de Québec when he was 13. When he was 16, he became fascinated by composition, arranging and production. He studied the new technology available and soon mastered all the intricacies of music programming. So much so that the Japanese firm Roland invited him to present their new products at the 1992 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Barakatt has been invited to appear on various recordings and live performances with many artists and ensembles from the Alexandrov Ensemble (Red Army Choir) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Bales
Gerald Albert Bales, (May 12, 1919 – July 4, 2002) was a Canadian organist and composer.Gerald Bales at Born in , , Bales studied at the from 1936 to 1940 where he was a pupil of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Conway Baker
Michael Conway Baker (born March 13, 1937) is a Canadians, Canadian composer and music educator of American birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1970 and has lived more or less continuously in the Vancouver area since. Life and career Baker was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. After self-teaching basic music theory as a child, Baker moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1958 at which time he began formal piano studies. Subsequently, Baker studied music at the University of British Columbia where he was a pupil in music composition with teachers Jean Coulthard and Elliot Weisgarber. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1966, he eventually pursued graduate studies at Western Washington University where he earned a Masters of Music in 1972. Baker has composed numerous scores for film, television and has over 150 concert works to his credit for which he has received many awards. Included in his awards are three Genie Awards (The Grey Fox (film), The G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Badian
Maya Badian (born 18 April 1945 in Bucharest) is a Romanian-born Canadian composer, musicologist, and professor. Biography Badian began to compose at five years of age, and later attended the Bucharest National University of Music in Bucharest, where she studied with Tiberiu Olah, Aurel Stroe, Zeno Vancea and Tudor Ciortea, graduating with a master's degree in Composition in 1968. She continued her studies in orchestral conducting in Weimar, Germany during 1972. Since 1970, Badian has been a member of the Union of Romanian Composers and Musicologists. She was music director at the Radiophonic Theatre Department of the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation from 1968 to 1972 and a music professor at the George Enescu School of Music in Bucharest between 1973 and 1985. Emigrating with her family to Canada in 1987, she settled in Montreal. In 1990 she took Canadian citizenship, and moved to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1995. Badian is now a professor of theoretical studies, examiner, proof re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raynald Arseneault
Raynald Arseneault (9 June 1945 – 27 January 1995) was a Canadian composer and organist. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output consists of more than 50 works. His style was particularly influenced by Ivan Wyschnegradsky and Giacinto Scelsi; both of whom he met with in Europe during the 1970s. He served for many years as the organist and director of sacred music at Saint-Marc Church in Rosemont. Born in Quebec City, Arseneault studied with Françoise Aubut and Gilles Tremblay at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he graduated with a premier prix in composition in 1973. That same year he won the Prix d’Europe which enabled him to pursue studies in France. He remained for eight years in that country where he studied composition with Tony Aubin, Claude Lefebvre, Claude Ballif, Ivo Malec and Michel Philippot. Raynald Arseneault's music has been performed in numerous music festivals around the world, and has been record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arpin
John Francis Oscar Arpin (3 December 1936 – 8 November 2007) was a Canadians, Canadian composer, recording artist and entertainer, best known for his work as a virtuoso ragtime pianist. Born in Port McNicoll, Ontario, Port McNicoll, Ontario Arpin studied piano at The Royal Conservatory of Music, earning his ARCT diploma in 1953. He also studied at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Arpin performed and toured widely. He died 8 November 2007 in Toronto, Ontario. Recording career Arpin recorded more than sixty albums, mostly of ragtime, but also played Musical theatre, Broadway music, pop music, and European classical music, classical music. In 2002, he recorded seven CDs of piano solo music on the April Avenue record label. These albums consisted of favorite Broadway themes and familiar pop tunes. While just two compilations are still available in CD format, most of the other tracks can still be found on iTunes. Here is a complete list: *A Nightingale Sang in Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
