Allan Rae (composer)

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Allan Rae (born July 3, 1942 in Blairmore ) is a Canadian composer and music teacher.

After three years as a trumpeter in a military band in Calgary, Rae studied composition and arrangement at Berklee College of Music in Boston. From 1966 to 1970 he worked as a composer and conductor for radio and television for CBC Calgary. He then studied electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Samuel Dolin until 1973 . He taught at the Royal Conservatory for a year and then returned to Calgary.

Rae composed chamber music works, instrumental concerts and symphonies, as well as several musicals and plays. In 1985 he became composer in residence for the Alberta Theater Projects . He is a member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Center .

Works

  • Suite of Modes for jazz ensemble, 1966
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 1967
  • Sleeping Giant for jazz ensemble, 1967
  • You Two Stay Here and the Rest Come with Me , Musical, 1968-69
  • A Prayer for choir, orchestra and jazz group, 1969
  • Trip , Musical, 1969-70
  • A Day in the Life of a Toad for wind quintet, 1970
  • String Quartet No. 2 , 1971
  • Where Are You Now That We Need You Simon Fraser? , Musical (libretto by Christopher Newton ), 1971
  • Beware the Quickly Who , Musical (libretto by Eric Bently ), 1971
  • Charles Manson AKA Jesus Christ , Musical (libretto by Fabian Jennings ), 1972
  • Symphony No. 1 , 1972
  • The Tempest , incidental music, 1973
  • The Killdeer , incidental music, 1975
  • Four Brass Quartets , 1975
  • Concerto for harp , 1976
  • Can You See Me Yet? , Incidental music, 1976
  • Concerto for string bass , 1977
  • Improvisation for string quartet , 1977
  • Improvisation for woodwind quartet , 1977
  • Whispering of the Nagual for chamber ensemble, 1978
  • Concerto for piano , 1978
  • Symphony No. 2 , 1978
  • Symphony No. 3 , 1980
  • Alberta Pioneers for orchestra, 1980
  • Kiwani Owapi , 1981
  • Saint Joan , incidental music, 1981
  • Much Ado About Nothing , incidental music, 1983
  • Troilus and Cressida , incidental music, 1987

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personal data
SURNAME Rae, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Blairmore