Marcelle Martin

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Marcelle Martin (born August 19, 1917 in Montreal ; † November 3, 2014 there ) was a Canadian organist , pianist and music teacher .

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Marcelle Martin was born in Montreal, Canada in August 1917. She was one of seven daughters of the organist, pianist and music teacher Alphonse Martin and his wife, the organist Corinne Boisvert (1887–1961). Her parents occasionally performed together in concerts. Her sisters Gilberte (1910–1999), Magdeleine (* 1921) and Raymonde (* 1923) also chose professions in the field of music and worked as musicians and music teachers.

Marcelle Martin received piano lessons from her father and older sister Gilberte and later continued her studies with Arthur Letondal . With Georges-Émile Tanguay she took lessons in the subjects organ and harmony . In 1941 she received her diploma in organ at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec and won the Prix ​​d'Europe that same year . She then continued her education in the United States between 1941 and 1945 , where she studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Joseph Bonnet and Gaston Dethier . During these years she worked as an organist at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Manhattan .

After her return to Montreal she made numerous public appearances as a concert organist; Among other things, she appeared in the series of events of the Casavant Society, named after the famous organ builder Casavant Frères . She was the successor to Victoria Cartier as titular organist for 15 years on the Casavant organ of the St Viateur Church in Outremont , built in 1913 and which she had already played as a student in 1938 . In 1953 she became titular organist at St. Joseph's Church in Mount Royal and held this position until 1999.

She was a soloist with Radio Canada and performed with the Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Orchester symphonique de Montréal , notably in Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 under the direction of Zubin Mehta . She also played the Poulenc concert with the Ethel Stark Symphonietta . She worked as a music teacher at the colleges of St-Laurent and Ste-Thérèse (1949–1954), at the Université de Montréal (1967), at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec (1970–1976) and at the Conservatoire de Rimouski (1975–1976) active.

Marcelle Martin was married to the conductor Fernand Graton (1921-2000). From this marriage their son Gilles and daughter Danielle were born. Marcelle Martin died in November 2014 after a serious illness at the age of 97.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Marcelle Martin ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Décès de Magdeleine Martin - Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. In: conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved April 5, 2020 (French).
  3. ↑ Église Saint-Viateur, Outremont (Montréal). In: musiqueorguequebec.ca. Retrieved April 5, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Marcelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graton, Marcelle (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 2014
Place of death Montreal , Canada