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    Gino Quilico (Profile)

    After five months on the road, a weary-looking Gino Quilico conceded the obvious. "This time, I'm tired," said the 43-year-old baritone, slouched in a chair in his Montreal studio.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 20, 1998

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    Gino Silvi

    Gino Silvi. Arranger, choir conductor, singer, saxophonist, clarinetist, b Sault Ste Marie, Ont, of Italian parents, 23 May 1914; d Toronto, 1 July 1993.

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    Gino Vannelli

    Gino Vannelli, singer, composer (b at Montréal 16 June 1952). Though he launched his recording career as Vann-Elli in 1970, it wasn't until 4 years later, using his own name, that Vannelli first found fame.

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    Gino Vannelli

    Vannelli, Gino. Singer, composer, b Montreal 16 Jun 1952. His father, (Joseph) Russ Vannelli, sang with the Montreal dance bands of trumpeters Bix Belair and Maynard Ferguson.

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    Girard, Rémy

    At 19, he joined Université Laval's theatre troupe and, abandoning law for theatre, entered Conservatoire de theatre du Québec, graduating in 1974. He made his debut in Quebec City, where he co-founded le Parminou and le Vieux-Théâtre. At that time, he touched on writing, directing and management.

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    Gisela Depkat

    Gisela Depkat. Cellist, teacher, b Königsberg, Germany, 5 Sep 1942, naturalized Canadian 1960. Her parents settled in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) in 1954. After studies with A.

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    Gisele MacKenzie

    Gisele MacKenzie, born Gisèle LaFlèche, actress (born at Winnipeg 10 Jan 1927; died Burbank, Ca 5 Sep 2003). Gisèle LaFlèche, sometimes known as "Canada's first lady of song," began in show business playing the violin in Winnipeg and on a scholarship at the Toronto Conservatory of Music.

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    Gisèle MacKenzie

    MacKenzie (b LaFlèche), (Marie Marguerite Louise) Gisèle or Gisele. Singer, violinist, actress, b Winnipeg 10 Jan 1927, naturalized US 1955, d Burbank, California, 5 Sept 2003.

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    Gitz Rice

    Gitz Ingraham Rice, songwriter, entertainer, pianist, soldier (born 5 March 1891 in New Glasgow, NS; died 16 October 1947 in New York, New York). Gitz Rice was a songwriter, pianist and occasional singer who wrote many of his most popular songs (e.g., “Dear Old Pal of Mine,” “On the Road that Leads Back Home,” “Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy”) while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. After being gassed at Vimy Ridge, he stayed in the service as officer-in-charge of musical entertainments for the Canadian Army. He also entertained the troops during the Second World War.

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    Giulio Masella

    Giulio (Luigi) Masella. French hornist, teacher, b Montreal 8 Dec 1935; premier prix french horn (CMM) 1952. His brother Joseph and Harry Berv taught him at the CMM 1947-55. He was a member of the MSO 1954-82 and played regularly in CBC orchestras and ensembles 1965-82.

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    Giulio Romano

    Giulio Romano. Clarinetist, b Naples 8 Mar ca 1882, naturalized Canadian, d Afragola, near Naples, 19 Jul 1962. He studied music in Italy and arrived in Canada at 14. His teachers in Montreal included Joseph Moretti. Later he was active as an instrumentalist and conductor in theatres.

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    Giuseppe Agostini

    Giuseppe Agostini. Conductor, arranger, composer, b Fano, Italy, 20 May 1890, naturalized Canadian 1926, d Montreal 9 Dec 1971. After studying oboe, harmony, and composition 1901-9 with a Professor Calestini at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, Italy, he taught and led bands in Fano and Cartoceto.

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    Giuseppe Carboni

    Giuseppe (Angelo) Carboni. Teacher, composer, b Venice 1866 (1857 according to Towers' Dictionary-Catalogue of Operas and Operettas ) d Toronto 9 Feb 1934.

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    Giuseppe Macina

    Giuseppe (Francesco) Macina. Tenor, opera director, teacher, conductor, b Modugno, Italy, 20 Jun 1938; Artist Diploma voice (Toronto) 1967.

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    Gladys Arnold

    Gladys Maria Marguerite Arnold, journalist, war correspondent (born 2 October 1905 in Macoun, SK; died 29 September 2002 in Regina, SK). Gladys Arnold was a journalist based in Paris, France, in the mid- to late 1930s. She was the only accredited Canadian journalist in France at the outbreak of the Second World War. After Paris fell to German forces, she returned to Canada, where she promoted the Free French Movement.

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