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ALBUMJohn Beckwith: The Trumpets of Summer, Taking a Stand, Synthetic Trios, Stacey (Canadian Composers Portraits)John Beckwith, Eitan Cornfield, Robert Aitken, Judy Loman, Donald Wherry, Canada Festival Singers, Elmer Iseler, Ronald Laurie, Mary Morrison, Harold Burke, Norman Tobias, Patricia Rideout, Donald Bartle, Joseph Umbrico, Alexander Gray, Canadian Brass, Therese Costes, Delores Kay-Hee, Connie Gitlin, Stephen Ralls & Monica Whicher
ALBUMOvation, Vol. 3: Music of Tremblay, Kenins, Beecroft, Beckwith and PentlandYves Prin, Orchestre National de France, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Jerome Pernod, Luca Pfaff, Canada Quartet, Toronto Festival Singers, Elmer Iseler, Steven Staryk, John Avison, CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, Chia Chou, Musici di Montreal, I, Yuli Turovsky, Marion Ross, Robert Aitken, Serge Garant, Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Lyric Arts Trio, Canada Festival Singers, Mario Bernardi, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Norma Beecroft, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Colin Tilney, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Victor Feldbrill, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Angela Hewitt, Barbara Pentland, Robert Rogers, Arthur Polson, James Hunter, Erica Goodman & Days Months and Years to Come
About John Beckwith
Artist Biography
John Beckwith studied at Toronto University and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and served as a teacher in Toronto. He was music critic and columnist for the Toronto Star. A prolific composer, his work included ballets, chamber operas, and choral pieces. Many of his later works were collage pieces that utilize text and theatre as well as music. This method of composition was evident in the series Canada Dash, Canada Dot, commissioned by the CBC. Beckwith insisted he was not a nationalist. However, he consistently wrote from his home in southern Ontario and stated that "I believe in the importance of environment, local colour, 'accent.' Music ... achieves universality at least partly through loving care and attention paid to these things." John Beckwith died December 5, 2022 while in treatment for pneumonia at a hospital in Toronto. He was 95 years of age. ~ Lynn Vought
Hometown
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genre
Classical
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