John Hawkins (Canadian composer)

John Hawkins ( born July 26, 1944 in Montreal, † January 14, 2007 in Toronto ) was a Canadian composer and pianist.

Hawkins studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec piano with Lubka Kolessa to 1970 and composition at McGill University with István Anhalt. MItte 1960s he also visits the summer courses at Tanglewood, and in 1969 he participated in a workshop with conductor Pierre Boulez in Basel part.

As a pianist, Hawkins took part in concerts of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec ( SMCQ ) in Montreal and was a founding member of the New Music Concerts in Toronto. With the SMCQ he took Jacques HETUS Cycle on. From 1970 to 2006 Hawkins taught at the University of Toronto music theory and analysis, composition and orchestration. For his composition Breaking Through, he was awarded the 1983 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music.

Works

  • Eight Movements for Flute and Clarinet, 1966
  • Five Pieces for Piano, 1967
  • Three Cavatinas ( Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats and William S. Burroughs ) for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1967
  • Remembrances for chamber ensemble, 1969
  • Two Pieces for Orchestra, 1970
  • Waves for soprano and piano, 1971
  • Spring Song for mixed chorus, 1974
  • Etudes for Two Pianos, 1974
  • Trio for flute, cello and xylophone, 1975
  • Quintet for Winds, 1977
  • Prelude and Prayer ( EE Cummings ) for tenor and orchestra, 1980
  • Dance, Improvisation and Song for Cello and Piano, 1981
  • Breaking Through for violin, piano and percussion, 1982
  • Dance Variations for percussion quartet, 1983
  • Three Archetypes, string quartet, 1984
  • Substance -of -we- feeling for two percussionists, 1985
  • Two Popular Pieces for two guitars, 1986
  • The Cicada 's Song to the Sun for soprano, oboe and guitar, 1987
  • Light to Dark for soprano, clarinet and piano, 1987
  • The First Fable ( Timothy Findley ), children's entertainment for soprano, dancers, storytellers, oboe, cello, percussion and piano, 1988
  • Classic pianist
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • Canadian Composer
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1944
  • Died in 2007
  • Man
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