Norma Beecroft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian composer, producer and broadcaster
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Place of Birth: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
About Norma Beecroft
- Norma Marian Beecroft (born 11 April 1934) is a Canadian composer, producer, broadcaster, and arts administrator.
- A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she twice won the Canada Council's Lynch-Staunton Award for composition.
- She has been commissioned to write works for such organizations as the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, The Music Gallery, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada, the Quebec Contemporary Music Society, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and York Winds among others.
- She is an honorary member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community and has served on the juries of the SOCAN Awards and the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music.
- In 1988 she donated many of her original manuscripts, papers, and recordings to the library at the University of Calgary.
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