John Arpin

John Arpin ( born December 3, 1936 in Port McNicoll, Ontario, † November 8, 2007 ) was a Canadian composer, pianist, musician, arranger and entertainer.

Work

Arpin was applicable at the time of his death as a virtuoso ragtime pianist. He trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, graduated at the age of 16, and went to the University of Toronto.

Arpin took on more than sixty albums, mostly ragtime, but also Broadway music, pop music and European classical music. He was nominated three times for the Juno Award, which is awarded for outstanding shows in Canadian music. In June 1998, he won the Scott Joplin Award of " Scott Joplin Foundation ", Sedalia, Missouri.

Statements of experts about Arpin

The late ragtime size Eubie Blake called John Arpin as " the Chopin of Ragtime ", and The New York Times described him as " Judge of Ragtime " (in reference to Sviatoslav Richter ). The magazine " High Fidelity " wrote about one of his albums " This is the best collection of recorded piano rags that I know of and is, I suspect, the most authentically performed. " ("This is the best collection of records of piano ragtime, I know, and I suppose the most authentic ever recorded. " )

Compositions

Noteworthy among his own compositions " Jogging Along" ( a theme -song for the discerning CBC ( Canadian Broadcasting ) program " Morningside ").

He also composed the theme for the children's shows of TV Ontario, "Polka Dot Door" and "Polka Dot Shorts" and writes the music for the shows.

Arpin composed the themes for different Canadian television shows in the 1960s. His " Lyric Suite for Piano, Strings and Percussion" won the first prize among 450 entries for the Yamaha Second International Original Concert in Tokyo. He also arranged music for various Canadian music recordings.