Frederick Harris Music : Accreditation |
Name |
Description |
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Glenn Gould |
One of the best-known and most celebrated pianists of the 20th century. |
Oscar Peterson |
World famous jazz pianist and composer called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington. |
Diana Krall |
Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. |
Measha Brueggergosman |
World-renowned soprano who performs both as a concert artist and opera singer. |
Isabel Bayrakdarian |
World-renowned soprano and winner of four Juno Awards. |
Amanda Marshall |
Juno-nominated Canadian pop-rock singer. |
Paul Shaffer |
Band leader on The Late Show with David Letterman and 2006 inductee to Canada's Walk of Fame. |
Norman Jewison |
Oscar-nominated film director, producer and actor known for In the Heat of the Night and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. |
Martin Beaver |
Award-winning violinist and member of the Tokyo String Quartet. |
Mario Bernardi |
Canadian conductor and pianist who has conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. |
Geoffrey Moull |
Canadian conductor and pianist, Principal Conductor of the Bielefeld Opera in Germany and Music Director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra |
Jon Vickers |
Legendary tenor with the Metropolitan Opera. |
Jesse Cook |
Toronto-based Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, born in Paris. |
Naida Cole |
Pianist who performed with Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestras and others. |
Teresa Stratas |
Operatic soprano who joined the Metropolitan Opera and performed around the world. |
Loreena McKennitt |
Singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. |
Robert Goulet |
Grammy and Tony Award winning singer and actor. |
Lois Marshall |
Soprano who is a holder of the Order of Canada. |
St. Lawrence Quartet |
String quartet and one of Canada's premiere chamber ensembles founded in 1989. |
Mitchell Sharp |
Former Canadian Minister of Finance. |
Norbert Kraft |
Accomplished classical guitarist who made major contributions to The Royal Conservatory's guitar repertoire. |
Angela Hewitt |
One of the world's foremost Bach pianists. |
Howard Cable |
Composer of wind ensemble/concert band repertoire. Composed and arranged original theme for Hockey Night in Canada. |
George Crum |
A renowned conductor and coach. Studied at RCM 1943-7 and later became first chorus master. |
Aline Chrétien |
Wife of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Now chairs RCM's National Advisory Board. |
Adrienne Clarkson |
Governor General of Canada 1999-2005 and previously a host, writer and producer of several programs on CBC Television. |
Bruce Cockburn |
Folk rock guitarist and singer/songwriter, who was inducted in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. |
David Foster |
Grammy-winning musician, producer and composer. |
Lawrence Gowan |
Current keyboardist and vocalist of Styx and solo artist. |
Stephen Harper |
Canadian Prime Minister. |
Sarah McLachlan |
Canadian Grammy Award and Juno Award-winning musician, singer, and songwriter, founder of Lilith Fair. |
Elizabeth Hay |
Canadian novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize. |
Annabel Lyon |
Canadian novelist and short story writer, and winner of the 2009 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. |
Johanna Skibsrud |
Canadian novelist and poet, and winner of the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. |
Adrianne Pieczonka |
Canadian soprano opera singer, and an Officer of the Order of Canada. |
Emily Haines |
Canadian singer, co-founder of indie rock group Metric, part-time member of Broken Social Scene. |
Chantal Kreviazuk |
Multiple Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter |
Owen Pallett |
Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist, winner of the 2006 Polaris Music Prize. Formerly performed under the name Final Fantasy. |
Richard Reed Parry |
Canadian musician and composer, member of indie rock band Arcade Fire. |
Peter Simon |
President of The Royal Conservatory since 1991 who began his musical education as a student of Boris Berlin. |
Eli Kassner |
Founder of the Guitar Society of Toronto and world-renowned guitar teacher. |
Greg Wells |
Record producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist with Rufus Wainwright, Pink, Natasha Bedingfield and others. |
Rafael Villanueva |
Associate Director of Dominican National Symphonic Orchestra. |
Angela Elster |
Vice President, Academic at The Royal Conservatory and accomplished musical educator. |
Robert Fleming |
Composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster and teacher born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. |
Wonny Song |
Accomplished Montreal-Korean concert pianist |
George Gao |
A Chinese-born erhu player and composer. |
Leila Fletcher |
Arranger and teacher from Ontario. |
Alfred Kunz |
Composer, conductor, and arts administrator. |
Allan Rae |
Composer |
Notable future alumni : |
Name |
Description |
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Healey Willan |
Appointed head of the theory department in 1913 and was vice-principal from 1920 until 1936. |
Sir Ernest MacMillan |
Conductor, organist, pianist and composer appointed principal in 1926. |
Alberto Guerrero |
Born in Chile and taught at The Royal Conservatory from 1922 to 1959. |
Boyd Neel |
Dean of the Conservatory from 1953 to 1971. |
Lorand Fenyves |
Outstanding Budapest-born violinist who taught at The Glenn Gould School. |
Boris Berlin |
Born in Kharkovv, Russia, taught at RCM from 1928 and wrote over 200 music publications. |
Nicholas Goldschmidt |
Served between 1946 and 1957 as the first music director of The Royal Conservatory's Opera School. |
Leon Fleisher |
American pianist and conductor. |
Paul Kantor |
One of the leading violin pedagogues in North America and currently teaches at The Glenn Gould School. |
Coenraad Bloemendal |
Faculty 1982 - 2000. Cello pedagogue who recorded with Glenn Gould, was a member of Camarata and taught many students including Ofra Harnoy. |
John Perry |
Pianist and current visiting artist teacher. |
Marc Durand |
One of Canada's most sought-after performers and pedagogues. |
James Anagnoson |
Current Dean of The Glenn Gould School. A highly regarded performer who began performing in 1976 with Canadian pianist Leslie Kinton. |
William Beauvais |
Classical Guitarist composer, performer and teacher. |
Aksel Schiøtz |
Danish tenor and baritone. |
Raffi Altounian |
Guitarist, recording artist and teacher. |
Notable future alumni : |
Year |
Name |
Description |
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2010 |
Darren Entwistle |
Canadian business man, currently president and chief executive officer of Telus. |
2008 |
Nelly Furtado |
Canadian Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter who has sold over 18 million records worldwide. |
2008 |
R. Murray Schafer |
Composer, writer, music-educator and environmentalist best known for his World Soundscape Project and concern for acoustic ecology. |
2008 |
Steven Staryk |
The leading Canadian violin virtuoso of his generation who in 1951, was one of the Symphony Six denied permission to enter the United States. |
2008 |
John Perry |
US pianist who has won numerous awards including the highest prizes in both the Busoni and Viotti international piano competitions. |
2007 |
Blue Rodeo |
Pop and country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto. |
2007 |
Ian O. Ihnatowycz |
One of Canada's leading practitioners of sustainable investing. Member of The Royal Conservatory's board and major donor. |
2007 |
Marta Witer |
Doctor of Optometry, wife of Ian O. Ihnatowycz and supporter and volunteer for various arts education institutions. |
2007 |
Erica Davidson |
A member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 15 years and also performed with the National Ballet and the Canadian Opera Company orchestras. |
2006 |
The Tragically Hip |
Juno Award-winning rock band from Kingston who hold the record for most number one debuts on the Canadian Albums Chart. |
2005 |
Bramwell Tovey |
An English-born conductor and composer; music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since September 2000. |
2005 |
Louise Pitre |
An actress in musical theatre on Broadway and in Canada. Best known for her role in the ABBA-themed musical Mamma Mia |
2004 |
Barenaked Ladies |
A Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian alternative rock band from Scarborough, Ontario. |
2004 |
Isabel Bayrakdarian |
Former Royal Conservatory student who has become a world-renowed Soprano. |
2003 |
Bruce Cockburn |
Folk-rock singer/songwriter inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2001; has released 22 studio albums. |
2003 |
Richard Margison |
Canadian operatic tenor named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001. |
2002 |
David Foster |
Legendary producer, songwriter and composer. Winner of numerous Grammy, Golden Globe, Juno and Emmy awards. |
2002 |
Eugene Kash |
Violinist, conductor and teacher who studied at the Vienna Academy of Music with Bronislaw Huberman. |
2001 |
Oscar Peterson |
Considered to have been one of the greatest pianists of all time and a member of jazz royalty. Made over 200 recordings and won seven Grammys. |
2001 |
Richard Bradshaw |
Former general director of the Canadian Opera Company. |
2000 |
Aline Chrétien |
Wife of Canada's 20th Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, and long-time supporter of The Royal Conservatory. |
2000 |
Leon Fleisher |
An American pianist and conductor who made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic at 16. |
2000 |
Edith Lantos |
Trained with Zoltán Kodály in Hungary and has influenced the musical education of thousands of Canadians. |
1999 |
Alan Goddard |
Former Director of The Royal Conservatory of Music. |
1999 |
Marina Geringas |
Participated in compilation of piano syllabus and other publications at The RCM. |
1998 |
Tomson Highway |
Cree playwright, novelist and children's author. The writer and librettist of the first Cree language opera Pimooteewin. |
1998 |
Jeanne Lamon |
Violinist and conductor awarded the Canada Council Molson Prize in the Arts and a member of the Order of Canada. |
1997 |
Doreen Hall |
Irish-born violinist who taught at RCM and was first to introduce the Orff-Schulwerk education method to North America. |
1997 |
Lorand Fenyves |
Considered to be one of the greatest violin teachers in the world. |
1996 |
Mario Bernardi |
Canadian conductor and pianist who has conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. |
1995 |
Maureen Forrester |
World-renowned Canadian operatic contralto who gave masterclasses at The Royal Conservatory. |
1995 |
David Mirvish |
Art collector, art dealer, theatre producer who owns and operates Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, Princess of Wales Theatre and Canon Theatre. |
1994 |
Robertson Davies |
One of Canada's most popular authors as well as a playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. His best-known work is The Deptford Trilogy. |
1994 |
Lois Marshall |
Soprano and mezzo-soprano who enjoyed a long career as a concert and recital singer. |
1993 |
Adrienne Clarkson |
Journalist and stateswoman; the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed Governor General of Canada. |
1993 |
J Anthony Dawson |
Organist, composer and teacher at The Royal Conservatory for over 20 years. |
1993 |
Robert Goulet |
Grammy and Tony Award-winning entertainer who described the Fellowship as one of his most cherished awards. |
1992 |
William Littler |
Educator and music and dance critic at The Toronto Star for over 40 years. Also an adjudicator for the Sydney International Piano Competition. |
1991 |
Gordon Kushner |
Pianist, conductor and teacher who directed the music for several of Norman Campbell's TV productions and musicals. |
1990 |
Norman Burgess |
Musician, educator, administrator and proud advocate of Canadian music who helped found Learning Through The Arts. |
1990 |
John Kruspe |
Studied with Anton Kuerti and performs as soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. University of Toronto lecturer and Yamaha Canada affiliate. |