Jean Chatillon (13 September 1937 – 16 January 2019) was a Canadian

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and music educator.

Early life

Chatillon was born into a family of musicians, in 1937, in Nicolet,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. In 1951 he began to play

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and to compose."Jean Chatillon s'est éteint"
''Le Nouvelliste'', 18 January 2019, François Houde. At first self-taught, then he undertook serious musical studies with the master

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Career

In 1969, he founded the Music Section of the

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at Trois-Rivières and taught there until 1981. In 1970 he was a founding member of the "Institut de sciences musicales Conrad Letendre", along with

Michel Perrault Michel Brunet Perrault (born 20 July 1925) is a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and percussionist. As a composer, his work largely pulls on Canadian folk melodies and his compositions include classical of harmony and counterpoint. ...

. After his retirement from teaching in 1981, he dedicated himself fully to his art. Chatillon wrote more than 300 musical and literary works. He is an Associate Composer of the

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. In 2003, he was appointed Professor

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by the

. In January 2004, he became a founding member of the

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, which is dedicated to the renaissance of

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."January 2019 Classical Music Obituaries"
''Classical Music Daily'' Chatillon died on 16 January 2019 in Trois-Rivières.

References

External links

Official website
1937 births 2019 deaths People from Centre-du-Québec Canadian male composers Musicians from Quebec 20th-century Canadian composers 20th-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-composer-stub