Howard Bashaw

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Howard Bashaw
Born1957
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.
Occupation(s)composer

Howard Bashaw (born 1957, White Rock, Canada) is a composer of acoustic music; [1] and a professor of music at the University of Alberta. [2]

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Bashaw graduated as a Master of Music in 1984 and a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1989 from the University of British Columbia. [3] He also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts where he won the Banff Centre Concerto Competition in 1992. [1] He teaches composition, orchestration, music theory and analysis at the University of Alberta, previously having taught at the University of British Columbia, and at the Université Canadienne en France, Nice.

Bashaw composes music for orchestras, ensembles, and piano soloist performances. He has released some of his own work on CD. [4] The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, and CBC Radio Music Department have commissioned his work. [1]

Bashaw is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre [4] and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.

List of works

Piano

Chamber

Orchestra and large ensemble

Voice

Further reading

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Howard Bashaw » Biography"; Smcq.qc.ca (28 September 2010). Retrieved 2010-11-13
  2. ↑ "Composition". University of Alberta. Retrieved 4 May 2011. Appointed in 1993, he is currently Professor of Music at the University of Alberta
  3. ↑ Alumni Profiles – Bashaw, Howard Archived 7 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; The University of British Columbia – School of Music. Retrieved 2011-05-05
  4. 1 2 Howard Bashaw Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine ; Canadian Music Centre. Retrieved 2011-05-04
  5. ↑ "Augustana Choir takes its show from the road to the makeshift studio"; Edmonton Journal (3 January 2008). Retrieved 2011-05-05
  6. ↑ "Talking with composers, Canada and beyond"; Sequenza21.com (27 January 2010); Retrieved 2010-11-13.
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