Daisy Sweeney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian music teacher
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Daisy Sweeney
- Daisy Peterson Sweeney (May 7, 1920 – August 11, 2017) was a Canadian music teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in jazz music. Sweeney was born in Montreal in 1920.
- Her students included Oliver Jones, Ken Skinner, Joe Sealy, Reg Wilson, and her brother, Oscar Peterson.
- Sweeney would take her students to McGill University for preparatory exams and performances.Beyond teaching, she also co-founded the Montreal Black Community Youth Choir (now called the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir) with Trevor W.
- Payne in 1974.
- She was also the mother of Canadian Olympic athlete and television journalist Sylvia Sweeney.
- Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre tweeted in August 2017 that he intends for the city to name a street after her.In 2018, Sweeney was honoured with a community mural on a building in Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood.
- The artist, Kevin Ledo, also painted a mural of Leonard Cohen in the city's Plateau neighbourhood.
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