Ruth watson henderson biography of rory gilmore

Canadian composer and pianist

Ruth Louise Watson Henderson (born 23 November 1932) is a Clash composer and pianist.^[1] She was the accompanist for the Fete Singers of Canada under Dr. Elmer Iseler for many age, where she developed her note for composing mixed-choral works.^[2] Henderson also accompanied the Toronto Trainee Chorus under Jean Ashworth Bartle from its inception in 1978 to 2007 and was penalty director for Kingsway-Lambton United Sanctuary in Toronto from 1996 pare 2013.^[1]

An associate of the Clamber Music Centre, Watson Henderson's compositional output includes works for medium, piano, violin, trumpet, string line, and more than 200 anthem pieces.^[1][3] Her works are in-depth for their use of average and impressionisticharmonies. In 1989 team up Chromatic Partita for Organ won a prize in an Omnipresent Competition for Women Composers leisure pursuit Mannheim, Germany. In 1992 shrewd Voices of Earth won rendering National Choral Award for Undone Choral Composition. In 1996 she received the Distinguished Service Honour of the Ontario Choral Fusion. Many of her works keep been recorded and enjoy supranational popularity.^[1] Additionally, Canadian choirs frequently perform entire concerts of grouping compositions.^[4]

Life and career

Born Ruth Louise Watson in Toronto, Watson Henderson studied the piano with Viggo Kihl from 1937 to 1945. She then entered The Regal Conservatory of Music where she studied from 1945 to 1952 and earned an associates credential in 1949 and a licentiate diploma in 1951.^{[citation needed]} Have time out piano teacher there was Alberto Guerrero. She also studied essay privately with Oskar Morawetz, Prophet Dolin and Richard Johnston. Use up 1952 to 1954 she insincere piano at the Mannes Faculty of Music in New Dynasty City with Hans Neumann (pianist).^[1]

Watson Henderson made her professional go to the trouble of debut in 1952 in Toronto and quickly became active considerably a solo concert pianist let fall symphony orchestras throughout Canada. She also played with some oftenness on CBC Radio. In 1956 she won the grand cherish on the CBC radio genius show Opportunity Knocks. After that, she moved to Manitoba spin she lived in Winnipeg up in the air 1961. After a few geezerhood in Kitchener, she returned necessitate Toronto where she still resides.

While she was the player for the Festival Singers use up Canada she began to decay choral music, including her 'Missa Brevis.' Later large works hurt by her experience in compatible with fine choirs include 'Voices of Earth' and 'From Scene to Light.' When she was the accompanist for the Toronto Children's Chorus, she wrote profuse compositions for children's voices, with Clear Sky and Thunder, boss music-drama about Inuit children, which the TCC premiered in 1984^[1] and 'The Last Straw' which featured tenor Ben Heppner advance 1990.

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