John Hawkins (composer)

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John Hawkins (born July 26, 1944 in Montreal , † January 14, 2007 in Toronto ) was a Canadian composer and pianist.

Hawkins studied piano with Lubka Kolessa at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec and composition at McGill University with István Anhalt until 1970 . In the mid-1960s he also attended the summer courses in Tanglewood , and in 1969 he took part in a conducting workshop with Pierre Boulez in Basel.

As a pianist, Hawkins took part in concerts by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) in Montreal and was a founding member of the New Music Concerts in Toronto. With the SMCQ he recorded Jacques Hétus Cycle . From 1970 to 2006, Hawkins taught music theory and analysis, composition and orchestration at the University of Toronto . In 1983 he was awarded the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for his composition Breaking Through .

Works

  • Eight Movements for flute and clarinet, 1966
  • Five Pieces for Piano , 1967
  • Three Cavatinas (by Walt Whitman , William Butler Yeats, and William S. Burroughs ) for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1967
  • Remembrances for chamber ensemble, 1969
  • Two Pieces for Orchestra , 1970
  • Waves for soprano and piano, 1971
  • Spring Song for mixed choir, 1974
  • Études for Two Pianos , 1974
  • Trio for flute, cello and xylophone, 1975
  • Quintet for Winds , 1977
  • Prelude and Prayer (by EE Cummings ) for tenor and orchestra, 1980
  • Dance, Improvisation and Song for cello and piano, 1981
  • Breaking Through for violin, piano and percussion, 1982
  • Dance Variations for percussion quartet, 1983
  • Three Archetypes , string quartet, 1984
  • substance-of-we-feeling for two percussionists, 1985
  • Two Popular Pieces for two guitars, 1986
  • The Cicada's Song to the Sun for soprano, oboe and guitar, 1987
  • Light to Dark for soprano, clarinet and piano, 1987
  • The First Fable (by Timothy Findley ), children's entertainment for soprano, dancer, narrator, oboe, cello, percussion and piano, 1988
personal data
SURNAME Hawkins, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2007
Place of death Toronto