Hugh Orr (flautist)

Hugh Morton Orr (born January 7, 1932 in Toronto ) is a Canadian flautist, music teacher and instrument maker.

Orr studied piano, cello (with Isaac Mamott ) and recorder and was from 1955 to 1963 the recorder of the Rowland Pack trio or quartet . He worked as an arranger, conductor and musician for radio and television, gave concerts as a soloist and chamber musician and gave lectures in Canada and the USA. His repertoire ranges from renaissance music to contemporary music, arranging many works for his instrument.

Orr taught at the University of Toronto's Music Faculty from 1972 to 1990 . Since the mid-1980s he has also been interested in electronic music and works in his own studio. He wrote a two-volume recorder school ( Basic Recorder Technique , 1960) and made more than 40 recorders and crooked horns.

source

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