John Hawkins (Canadian composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian composer and pianist
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About John Hawkins (Canadian composer)
- John Hawkins (26 July 1944, Montreal – 14 January 2007, Toronto) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist.
- He notably won the 2nd-century Week Composition Competition in 1967 for his Eight Movements for Flute and Clarinet and received the Jules LĂ©ger Prize in 1983 for Breaking Through which was commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC.
- In 1971, he helped found the New Music Concerts in Toronto and was frequent performer there during his lifetime.
- He also frequently performed in concerts presented by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, notably appearing as a soloist on the organization's recording of Jacques Hétu's Cycle.Hawkins began his professional education at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec where he was a pupil of Lubka Kolessa.
- He transferred to McGill University in 1965 where he went on to earn a Bachelor of Music (1967), a Concert Diploma (1968), and a Master of Music (1970).
- At McGill he studied music composition with István Anhalt through a grant from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
- He also studying conducting with Pierre Boulez in Basel in 1969.In 1970, Hawkins became a member of the faculty of the University of Toronto, where he taught music theory, analysis, composition, and orchestration until ill health forced him to retire in 2006.
- He died a year later at the age of 62.
- Among his notable pupils was composer John Burge.
- He was an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.
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