Frederick Chubb

John Frederick Chubb (born April 16, 1885 in Hastings , † March 6, 1966 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian organist, choir director, music teacher and composer of English origin.

Chubb studied at AW Wilson at St John's Choir School and in 1903 became his assistant at Ely Cathedral . From 1906 to 1910 he studied organ at Cambridge University and took composition lessons from Charles Stanford . In 1910 he got a position as organist in Harrogate. After a diagnosis of asthma and tuberculosis (which later turned out to be incorrect), he went to Canada in 1912 and became organist and choirmaster at Christ Church in Vancouver. In the same capacity he worked from 1946 to 1962 at St. John's Church in Victoria.

Under his direction, the Christ Church Cathedral Choir became one of the best choirs in western Canada. As the organist of the Hope Jones Organ at Christ Church, Chubb gave more than 200 concerts, often playing transcriptions of symphonic works, and he brought in organists such as Hugh Percy Allen , Marcel Dupré , Herbert A. Fricker , Alfred Hollins , Tertius Noble and Louis Vierne for performances in Vancouver. He gave four concerts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.

Some of his compositions have been printed, while his main works, a rhapsody for piano and orchestra and an organ sonata, are only available in manuscript. During his time in Vancouver, Chubb gave private lessons. In addition to his son George E. Cubb , Jean Coulthard and Arthur Cleland Lloyd were among his students.

source

• Frederick Chubb ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .