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Paul de Marky

Paul (Alexander) de Marky. Pianist, teacher, composer, b Gyula, Hungary, 25 May 1897, naturalized Canadian 1931, d Montreal 16 May 1982. He studied in Budapest with Stephan Thomán (pupil of Liszt), making his debut there in 1921. He moved to Canada in 1924.

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Moe Koffman

In 1950 he moved to the USA, where he played in the big bands of Sonny Dunham, Jimmy Dorsey, and others. In New York he studied flute with Harold Bennett (of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra) and clarinet with Leon Russianoff (principal of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra).

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Louis-Édouard Desjardins

Louis-Édouard (pseudonym 'Bon vieux temps') Desjardins. Physician, folklorist, bass, choirmaster, teacher, composer, b Terrebonne, near Montreal, 10 Sep 1837, d Montreal 2 Mar 1919; MD (Victoria College, Cobourg, Ont) 1872.

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Michael Dunn

Michael (Peter) Dunn. String instrument builder, guitarist, b Sherbrooke, Que, 7 Mar 1943. Dunn was educated in Sherbrooke and began to play the guitar at 11.

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Nancy Vogan

Nancy (Fraser) Vogan. Educator. b Moncton, NB, 22 Mar 1945; BA music (Mount Allison) 1967, M MUS music education (ESM) 1969, PH D music education (ESM) 1979.

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W.E. Fairclough

W.E. (William Erving) Fairclough. Organist, choirmaster, teacher, b Barrie, Upper Canada (Ontario), 29 Aug 1859, d ?; FRCO 1888. His parents settled in Hamilton, Ont, in 1865, and he sang as an alto in Christ Church choir and studied piano with G.F. De Vine and organ with D.J. O'Brien.

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Guillaume Couture

Guillaume (William) Couture. Teacher, conductor, choirmaster, composer, organist, baritone, critic, b Montreal 23 Oct 1851, d there 15 Jan 1915. He studied solfège in primary school and at 13 became choirmaster at the church of Ste-Brigide in his native parish.

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Chris Gage

Chris (b Giesinger, Christian) Gage. Pianist, organist, b Regina 12 Dec 1927, d North Vancouver 27 Dec 1964.

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Helen Sherry

Helen Sherry (b Davies). Soprano, teacher, adjudicator, b Levenshulme, near Manchester, England, 15 Sep 1884, d Saskatoon 27 Feb 1964.

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Frank Thorolfson

Frank Thorolfson. Educator, pianist, organist, conductor, composer, b Winnipeg, of Icelandic parents, 5 Feb 1914, d Hamilton, Ont, 26 Mar 1977; ATCM 1932, LAB 1933, M MUS (Chicago Musical College) 1952, honorary FRHCM 1972.

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Neal Gripp

Neal (Edward) Gripp. Violist, b Killam, Alberta, 8 Oct 1958; B MUS (University of Western Ontario) 1980, M MUS (Juilliard) 1983, DMA (ibid) 1985.

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Alberto Guerrero

Alberto (b Antonio Alberto García Guerrero) Guerrero. Teacher, pianist, composer, b La Serena, Chile, 6 Feb 1886, d Toronto 7 Nov 1959. Alberto Guerrero's early music studies were with his mother and his older brother Daniel; he was otherwise self-taught.

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Lisle Ellis

Lisle (b Lyle Steve) Ellis (b Lansall). Bassist, composer, b Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC, 17 Nov 1951. He played bass guitar in Vancouver blues bands during his teens, then studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music.

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Jacob Groob

Jacob or 'Jack' Groob (b Grobdruk). Violinist, conductor, b Ostropol, near Kiev, 21 Jan 1920, d Toronto 25 Mar 1984. Brought to Canada as an infant, he studied 1935-8 with Maurice Solway at the TCM, then for a year with Mischa Mischakoff in New York.

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Roger Filiatrault

Roger Filiatrault. Baritone, teacher, choir conductor, b Montreal 5 Feb 1905, d Lesage, near Montreal, 27 Apr 1973; premier prix voice (Brussels Royal Cons) 1928. He studied piano and violin before taking voice lessons from Salvator Issaurel.

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Oliver Gannon

Oliver (Plunkett) Gannon. Guitarist, composer, b Dublin 23 Mar 1943; B MUS (Berklee) 1969. His father, Joe, played jazz piano in Dublin and, after taking the family to Canada in 1957, in Winnipeg.

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Eva Gauthier

(Ida Joséphine Phoebe) Eva Gauthier. Mezzo-soprano, teacher, b Ottawa 20 Sep 1885, d New York 26 Dec 1958. She studied piano and harmony with J. Edgar Birch before taking voice lessons with Frank Buels at the age of 13.

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Benoît Poirier

Benoît (Fidèle) (b Benjamin) Poirier (b Perry). Organist, composer, b Tignish, PEI, 17 Oct 1882, d Laval, near Montreal, 7 Oct 1965; BA (St-Joseph, NB) 1902, honorary MA (St-Joseph, NB) 1928.

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Arthur Polson

Polson, Arthur (Ludwig). Violinist, composer, conductor, b Vancouver 2 Mar 1934, d there 25 Feb 2003. His father wrote pop songs, including 'The Hope Mountain Waltz' recorded by US bandleader Bob Crosby.