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(Helen) Daryl Irvine, pianist, teacher (born 25 August 1932 in Toronto, ON; died 9 November 2020 in Kingston, ON).
Education
Daryl Irvine studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Earle Moss (1948–51) and Eric Rollinson (1949–53), graduating in 1951. She won a scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and studied in London (Royal College of Music, 1954–57) with Norman Greenward and Herbert Howells. She appeared in recitals in Europe, winning praise in London and Berlin. Irvine performed chamber music in Casals' master classes in Switzerland in 1958 and 1959. On Canada Council scholarships, 1958–60, she studied in England and in Germany with Karl Engel. At the Royal College of Music she won the Dannreuther Concerto Prize and the Marie Curtis Prize for her performance of Brahms’ Sonata in F minor. From the Royal Conservatory of Music, Irvine held two Associate diplomas (ARCT) for organ performance and piano performance, as well as the Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) for organ and piano performance. She also earned a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) in piano pedagogy from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Career Highlights
In 1960, Daryl Irvine entered a competition in Hanover and won both first and second prizes for chamber music. She included Canadian music in all her programs. Walter Buczynski composed his Sonata (1967) for her, and she gave the premiere of his Four Movements for Piano and Strings in 1970 with the Toronto Repertory Orchestra. She appeared with the Boyd Neel Orchestra, the Hart House Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony, and performed for the CBC with orchestras conducted by Gary Bertini and Lukas Foss, as well as in solo and chamber recitals. In the UK, Irvine performed at London's Wigmore Hall, and in the US at Carnegie Hall on 30 October 1970.
Irvine began teaching at the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1960 and was director of the examination department from 1986 to 1990; she continued to teach both piano and organ there and was a festival adjudicator. With her husband R.G. Condie she co-authored How to Prepare for and Take a Practical Music Examination (Oakville, Ontario, 1984). Irvine was also affiliated with Royal American Conservatory Examinations. She was a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association, and in 2002 received its special teacher award.
