Rémi Gédéon Bouchard (March 15, 1936 – September 2, 2019) was a Canadian composer and educator. The son of Ernest Bouchard and Alma Fradette, he was born in

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and studied piano with nuns there, going on to further studies in music with Gerald Death, Phyllis Holtby and Alfred Zimmerman. In 1956, he started teaching piano in

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. He received a piano teacher's certificate from the

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in 1960. Bouchard first composed works for solo voice and choirs, as well as pieces used for teaching piano. A concert of his compositions for piano was given in 1976 in

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. Three years later, his ''Choral Fantasy on Haiku'' was performed in Finland. In 1986, he received the award for choral work at the Satori Festival of Contemporary Canadian Music. In 1988, ''Clavier'' magazine commissioned two pieces for piano which were included in that publication. His works have also been performed on

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. Bouchard has also served as an adjudicator for the Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals. He published two books: ''Distant Voices: Memoirs of My Youth'' and ''Afterthoughts: A Career in Music Recollected''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Remi 1936 births 2019 deaths Canadian composers Canadian male composers Canadian music educators Franco-Manitoban people