Jocelyne Binet
Jocelyne Binet (born September 27, 1923 in East Angus , Québec , † January 13, 1968 in Québec ) was a Canadian composer, pianist and music teacher.
Life
Binet studied composition and music theory with Claude Champagne and piano with Jean Dansereau and Jean-Marie Beaudet at the École Vincent-d'Indy . In 1948 she went to the Conservatoire de Paris , where Tony Aubin , Noël Gallon and Olivier Messiaen were her teachers.
In 1951 she returned to Canada, where she taught at the École Vincent-d'Indy until 1957. She also taught at the summer camps of the Jeunesses musicales du Canada (JMC) from 1952 to 1961 , from 1957 to 1959 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec and from 1957 to 1968 at Laval University . Her most famous students were Serge Garant , Gilles Tremblay and Monique Vachon .
In addition to four large orchestral pieces, Binet composed chamber music works, vocal music and songs . In 1946 she received the composition prize of the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC).
Works
- Trio for violin, cello and piano, 1945
- Petite Suite vocale after Jean-Henri Fabre , 1945
- Suite for flute, piano and strings, 1946
- Nocturne , 1946
- Evocation for orchestra (1948)
- Danse for orchestra (1949)
- Canadien à Paris for orchestra (1951)
- L'Amour endormi for soprano and orchestra (undated)
- Cycle de mélodies (seven poems by Paul Éluard , 1955)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gilles Potvin: Jocelyne Binet ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . December 16, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binet, Jocelyne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Angus , Quebec |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1968 |
| Place of death | Quebec |