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Hyman Paul Bley, pianist, electric keyboardist, composer (born 10 November 1932 in Montréal, QC; died 3 January 2016 in Stuart, Florida.)

Lise Daoust. Flutist, teacher, b Montreal, 15 May 1950; premier prix flute, sight reading (Cons d'Orléans) 1972. After studying at the CMM, she pursued further studies at the Cons d'Orléans, France in 1972 and won the Concours Léopold Bellan de Paris that year.

Eugene 'Jack' (Leon) Kash,. Violinist, conductor, teacher, b Toronto 1 May 1912, d there 6 Mar 2004.

Allan Winton King, filmmaker (b at Vancouver 6 Feb 1930, d at Toronto 15 June 2009).

Gilles Lefèvre. Violinist, born at Niort, France 8 May 1959 of Canadian parents; Première Prix (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM), Paris) 1982.

Fernand Daoust, trade union official (b at Montréal 26 Oct 1926). Between 1969 and 1993, he was successively General Secretary and President of the Québec Federation of Labour (QFL), and a major force and key figure on the Québécois scene.

Suzanne Lebeau, playwright (b at Montréal 28 Apr 1948). In more than 35 years of unfailing commitment to children, Suzanne Lebeau has become one of the most important voices in dramatic art for youthful audiences at the international level.

Herman Bergink. Carillonneur, organist, b Enschede, the Netherlands, 15 May 1924, d Victoria 6 Nov 1997; organ-and-choir-training diploma (Utrecht Cons) 1955. Herman Bergink studied organ with Adriaan Schuurman, piano and organ with Dick van Wilgenburg, and carillon with Leen 't Hart.

Charles Margrave Taylor, CC, GOQ, philosopher, political theorist and public intellectual (born 5 November 1931 in Montreal, Quebec). An internationally celebrated Canadian philosopher, Taylor’s work bridges the gap between philosophical theory and political action. His writings have been translated into more than 20 languages, and have covered a range of subjects including multiculturalism, modernity, humanity, morality, artificial intelligence, language, social behaviour and Canadian politics.

Charles Marion Lillard, poet, historian, publisher, teacher, logger, fisher (b at Long Beach, Ca 26 Feb 1944; d at Victoria, BC 27 Mar 1997). The son of a fishing couple, Charles Lillard spent much of his childhood on the waters off the southeast coast of Alaska.

(Alfred) Melville Cook. Organist, choir conductor, composer, teacher, b Gloucester 18 Jun 1912, d Cheltenham, Eng 21 May 1993; ARCO 1931, FRCO with the Harding Prize, 1931, B MUS (Durham) 1934, D MUS (Durham) 1940.

Robert (Henry) Cooper. Choral conductor and clinician, radio producer, teacher, tenor, b. Fredericton, NB, 7 Apr 1948; B MUS (Western) 1972, M MUS (Western) 1975. He sang leading roles in high school musicals and later with the Orpheus Operatic Society of Ottawa.

T.J. (Thomas James) Crawford. Organist, choirmaster, teacher, composer, b Barrhead, Scotland, 11 Jun 1877, naturalized Canadian 1928, d after a car accident near Barrie, Ont, 5 Jul 1955; ARCO 1892, FRCO 1902, B MUS (Durham) 1902. He studied organ and theory in Glasgow with H.

Arthur (Bligh) Crighton, organist, teacher, choirmaster (born 6 June 1917 in Calgary, AB; died 14 July 2013 in Edmonton, AB). LRSM 1938, B MUS (Toronto) 1948, LRCT 1948, ACCO 1958, M MUS (California) 1962, DMA (Southern California) 1965.

Helen Arline Dahlstrom (née Underbakke), teacher, pianist, organist, choir conductor (born 5 June 1917 in Regina, SK; died 25 July 2013 in Victoria, BC). ATCM 1930, L MUS (Saskatchewan) 1932.

Harry Dean. Teacher, organist-choirmaster, pianist, conductor, b Yorkshire, England, 22 Feb 1879, d Halifax, NS, 30 Oct 1955; ARCO 1898.

Margaret (Isobel) Drynan (b Brown). Teacher, composer, organist-choirmaster, writer, b Toronto 10 Dec 1915, d Oshawa, Ont, 18 Feb 1999; B MUS (Toronto) 1943, ARCT 1975, honorary FRCCO 1984. Her teachers included Arthur Benjamin, Madeline Bone, Michael Head, E.

(Léandre) Arthur Dumouchel. Organist, teacher, composer, pianist, choirmaster, b Rigaud, near Montreal, 1 Mar 1841, d Albany, NY, 10 Jan 1919. Like his twin brother Édouard Dumouchel he attended the Collège Bourget and studied with his aunt, Esther Fournier (1805-74), the organist at Rigaud.

Guillaume (Ladislas) Dupuis. Teacher, choirmaster, b Montreal 3 May 1887, d there 25 Apr 1954.

Joan Clark's early work consisted primarily of literature for children and young adults, such as Girl of the Rockies (1968), The Hand of Robin Squires (1977), and The Moons of Madeleine (1987).