Colin Eatock is a Canadian composer, author and journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Life and career

Eatock was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1958, and attended the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and

The University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, from which he received a PhD in musicology. Eatock's music has been performed in Canada, the US and Europe. He is an associate member of the

Canadian Music Centre The Canadian Music Centre was founded in 1959 by a group of Canadian composers who saw a need to create a repository for Canadian music. It now holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music, and works to promote the music of its As ...

, which released a CD of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its Centrediscs label. This CD contains six of his compositions: his Ashes of Soldiers (2010), Suite for Piano (1995), Tears of Gold (2000), Three Songs from Blake's "America" (1987), Three Canzonas for Brass Quartet (1991), and The Lotos-Eaters (2000). Eatock has written for Toronto's ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'' newspaper, and also the ''National Post'', '' The New York Times'', the '' Houston Chronicle'', the Kansas City Star and the '' San Antonio Express News'', as well as numerous magazines and journals in Canada, the US and the UK. He has also written two books: the first is on the life of

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

, and the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist Glenn Gould.Colin Eatock's new book Remembering Glenn Gould is a portrait composed from all angles
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Published works

Books

* Eatock, Colin, "Mendelssohn and Victorian England." Ashgate Press (London, England), 2009 * Eatock, Colin, "Remembering Glenn Gould." Penumbra Press (Newcastle, Ontario), 2012.

Articles

* Eatock, Colin. "Classical Music Criticism at the Globe and Mail: 1936–2000." Canadian University Music Review (Canadian University Music Society) 24/2: 8–28. * Eatock, Colin. "The Crystal Palace Concerts: Canon Formation and the English Musical Renaissance." 19th Century Music (University of California) 34/1: 87–105. * Eatock, Colin. "Mendelssohn's Conversion to Judaism: An English Perspective." Mendelssohn Perspectives (Ashgate Press) 2012: 63–79.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eatock, Colin Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian male composers Living people Journalists from Toronto Writers from Hamilton, Ontario Writers from Toronto Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Musicians from Toronto Canadian music critics Year of birth missing (living people)