Ruth Watson Henderson

Ruth Louise Watson Henderson ( born November 23, 1932 in Toronto ) is a Canadian composer, pianist and music teacher.

Henderson was 1937-1945 piano student at Viggo Kihl, then to 1952 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Alberto Guerrero. With a scholarship from the Mannes College of Music, she continued her studies with Hans Neumann in New York. They also took composition lessons with Oskar Morawetz, Richard Johnston and Samuel Dolin.

After her debut in 1952 Henderson appeared regularly as a concert pianist with Canadian orchestras and at the CBC / Radio -Canada. She appeared from 1957 to 1961 in Winnipeg, and from 1961 to 1968 in Kitchener as organist and choir director. From 1968 to 1979 she was a piano accompanist of the Festival Singers, for their repertoire, she composed more than eighty pieces.

Since its founding in 1978 she was accompanist for the Toronto Children's Chorus, with whom she the music drama Clear Sky and Thunder aufführte 1984. In addition to choral works, Henderson also composed pieces for piano and organ, for string orchestra and wind instruments. With their Chromatic Partita for Organ she won the International Competition for Women Composers in 1998 in Mannheim. For the meeting of the American Guild of Organists 2002 they composed the piece Darkness to Light.

Among other things, Henderson was awarded the National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Composition ( 1992, Voices of Earth) and the Distinguished Service Award of the Ontario Choral Federation (1996 ), 2003 with an honorary membership of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. For her 70th birthday gave the Elmer Iseler Singers concert under the title Sing We Joyful.

Works

  • Pater Noster for choir, 1973
  • Missa Brevis for choir, 1976
  • Lullaby for the Christ Child for choir and piano or orchestra, 1979
  • Musical Animal Tales for chorus and piano, 1981
  • Clear Sky and Thunder, musical drama for children's choir, flute, piano and percussion, 1984
  • Six Miniatures for Piano, 1984
  • Suite for Strings, 1985
  • Barnyard Carols for choir, flute, viola and cello, 1987
  • Creation's Praise for female choir, brass and organ or piano four- hands, 1986
  • The Bloor Street Mass for choir, brass quintet, organ and timpani, 1987
  • Chromatic Partita for Organ, 1989
  • Missa Brevis No.. 2 for congregation and organ, or for choir, 1989
  • Three Motets for choir, 1989
  • The Last Straw, Christmas cantata for children piano, English horn and percussion, 1990
  • Voices of the Earth for choir and two pianos, 1991
  • The Song My Paddle Sings for chorus and piano, 1992
  • Toccata on " Westminster Abbey " for organ, 1992
  • Meditation of "Heart Jesu " for organ, 1992
  • In Flanders Fields ( text by John McCrae ) for female chorus a cappella, 1993
  • Sing All Ye Joyful (Text by JRR Tolkien ) for chorus and orchestra, 1994
  • When Music Sounds (Text by Walter de la Mare ) for female chorus and piano, 1995
  • Variations for Organ on " Ode to Newfoundland ", 1997
  • In Memoriam Elmer Iseler for eight -part chorus a cappella, 1998
  • A Joyful Song of Praise (Text by David McKane ) for choir, organ and brass quintet, 2000
  • From Darkness to Light (Text with Wilfred Watson) for baritone, mezzo- soprano, chorus, organ, harp, trumpets, timpani and strings, 2001
  • Magnificat for choir and organ, 2002
  • The Voice of Niagara (Text by Sarah Pratt ) for chorus and orchestra, 2003

Source

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia - Ruth Watson Henderson
  • Canadian Composer
  • Classic pianist
  • Organist
  • Music teacher
  • Born in 1932
  • Woman
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