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Garry Neill Kennedy
Garry Neill Kennedy, CM, artist, teacher (born 6 November 1935 in St. Catharines, ON; died 8 August 2021 in Vancouver, BC). Garry Neill Kennedy was an award-winning conceptual artist. His work earned a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and was presented at the National Gallery of Canada. Kennedy was also president (1967–90) of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in Halifax. He is credited with transforming the conservative and traditional art school into an energetic and internationally renowned avant-garde institution. Kennedy was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2003.
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Garth Beckett
Garth Beckett. Pianist, b Eston, Sask, 22 Dec 1933. A pupil of Lyell Gustin, Beckett made his orchestral debut in 1952, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
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Garth Hudson (Profile)
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 22, 2002. Partner content is not updated. It's close to dawn when Garth Hudson shows me the gun. "I made it from a kit," he says, fondling a derringer with a smooth wooden handle. Hudson is sitting at a piano in his home studio, an old cabin in New York's Catskill Mountains.
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Gartner Replaces Wallin
Hana Gartner was barrelling across the vast terrazzo expanse of the CBC's Toronto headquarters, doing what she claims she does best - worrying.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 18, 1995
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Gary Buck
Gary Ralph Buck, singer, songwriter, record producer, executive, administrator, (born 21 March 1940 in Thessalon, ON; died 14 October 2003 in Didsbury, AB). One of Canadian country music’s most accomplished and versatile talents, Gary Buck excelled at virtually every aspect of the business during his 45-year career.
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Gary Fjellgaard
Gary Fjellgaard. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Rose Valley, central Saskatchewan, of Norwegian descent, 14 Aug 1937. He performed intermittently (eg, in 1958 as Gary "Rock and Roll" Rogers with Evan Kemp and the BC Trailriders) while working in the logging industry near Prince George, BC.
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Gary Geddes
Gary Geddes, poet, anthologist, translator (b at Vancouver 9 Jun 1940). Described by George WOODCOCK as "Canada's best political poet," Gary Geddes is the author and editor of numerous books of poetry and non-fiction.
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Gary Kulesha
Gary Kulesha, composer, arranger, conductor, pianist (b at Toronto 22 Aug 1954). Gary Kulesha studied piano, theory and composition with William G.
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Gary Kulesha
Kulesha, Gary. Composer, conductor, b Toronto 22 Aug 1954; ARCT piano (1973), LTCL theory (1976), ARCT composition (1978), FTCL composition (1978). Kulesha was a pupil of William G.
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Gary Relyea
Gary (Weston) Relyea. Bass-baritone, teacher, b Highland Park, Mich, 9 Apr 1942, naturalized Canadian 1972. Relyea studied piano at the University of Michigan and voice 1967-71 with Howell Glynne and Louis Quilico at the University of Toronto.
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Gaston Allaire
(Joseph Georges-Émile) Gaston Allaire. Musicologist, teacher, organist, pianist, composer, born Berlin, NH, 18 Jun 1916; died 15 January 2011; B MUS (Montréal) 1947, MA (Connecticut) 1956, PH D musicology (Boston) 1960.
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Gaston Arel
Gaston Arel. Organist, teacher, b Trois-Rivières, Que, 10 Sep 1928; lauréat in organ (AMQ) 1948.
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Gaston Brisson
Gaston Brisson, pianist, composer, arranger, actor (born 5 December 1940 in Pointe-au-Père, QC; died 17 February 2019 in Rimouski, QC). BA (Bathurst) 1962, B MUS (Montreal) 1964, M MUS (Montreal) 1966.
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Gaston Germain
Gaston Germain, bass, teacher, administrator (born 1 March 1933 in Québec City, QC; died 26 July 2015 in Montréal, QC). Lauréat (AMQ) 1960, premier prix voice (CMQ) 1961. An accountant 1951-7, he studied voice 1957-61 at the CMQ with Ria Lenssens and Raoul Jobin.
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Gaston Lepage
Gaston Lepage, actor (born 24 February 1949 in St-Félicien, Québec). Lepage gained his first acting experience as a college student in the theatre program at Cégep Édouard Montpetit in the Montréal suburb of Longueuil, Québec, from 1970 to 1971. He went on to study at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montréal, graduating in 1974. After a 20-year career in theatre, he left the stage in 1993 to concentrate on acting for film and television and hosting television shows.
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