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    Herman Geiger-Torel

    Herman Geiger-Torel (b Hermann Geiger). Opera director and administrator, teacher, b Frankfurt-am-Main, 13 Jul 1907, d Toronto, 6 Oct 1976; honorary LLD (Prince of Wales, PEI) 1967. His mother was the pianist and composer Rosy Geiger-Kullmann (1886-1964).

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    Hermel Bruneau

    Hermel Bruneau. Harpsichordist, gambist, teacher, b St-Félix-de-Valois, near Joliette, Que, 23 Apr 1940; premiers prix harpsichord, chamber music (CMQ) 1972. He first studied piano, then cello with Rolland Brunelle and later harpsichord at the CMQ with Donald Thomson.

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    Herménégilde Chiasson

    Herménégilde Chiasson, OC, ONB, artist, poet, playwright, film director, lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick (born 7 April 1946 in Saint-Simon, NB).

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    Denis Héroux

    Denis Héroux, film director, producer (born 15 July 1940 in Montréal, Qc; died 10 December 2015 in Montréal).

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    Hervé Baillargeon

    Hervé Baillargeon. Flutist, teacher, b L'Acadie, near Montreal, 30 Sep 1899, d Montreal 29 Dec 1991. He began to study flute at Farnham College and continued privately in Montreal with Francis Boucher.

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  • Macleans

    He’s leaving home

    The most controversial and un-Canadian member of the Group of Seven finally gets his wishThis article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 3, 2014

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    Hidetaro Suzuki

    Suzuki, Hidetaro. Violinist, conductor, b Tokyo 30 Jun l939. After some early studies in Tokyo he worked l956-63 with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute.

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    Tomson Highway

    Tomson Highway, OC, playwright, novelist, pianist and songwriter (born 6 December 1951 in northwestern Manitoba). Tomson Highway is one of the most prominent and influential Indigenous writers in Canada. His works discuss and explore important issues affecting First Nations people, including residential schools, reserve life, Indigenous identity and more. In 1998, Highway was named one of the 100 most important people in Canadian history by Maclean’s. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. Highway received the Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in 2022. (See also Influential Indigenous Writers in Canada.)

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    Hilary Radley

    Hilary Radley, fashion designer (b at Yorkshire England October 5 1947). Raised in England, Radley began her studies in fashion at Sheffield College with a pre-diploma in Art and Design.

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    Hildegard Westerkamp

    Hildegard Westerkamp. Audio artist, composer, teacher, b Osnabrück, West Germany, 8 Apr 1946, naturalized Canadian 1975; B MUS (British Columbia) 1972, MA (Simon Fraser) 1988.

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    Hiram Alfred (H.A.) Cody

    Hiram Alfred (H.A.) Cody, clergyman, novelist (born at Codys, NB 3 Jul 1872; died at Saint John, NB 9 Feb 1948). Born in Codys, New Brunswick, a town named after his family, H.A. Cody moved to Windsor, Nova Scotia to study at KING'S COLLEGE.

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    Hiromi Goto

    Hiromi Goto, writer (b. at Chiba-ken, Japan 13 Dec 1966). Hiromi Goto's family immigrated to Canada in 1969. They lived on the west coast of British Columbia for 8 years, before moving to Nanton, Alberta, where her father started a mushroom farm.

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    Holger Petersen

    Holger Petersen, drummer, producer, broadcaster (born 23 November 1949 on Pellworm Island, West Germany), hon D LITT (Athabaska) 2002. Holger Petersen was a drummer in Edmonton groups such as Spiney Norman's Whoopee Band, Hot Cottage, etc. 

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    Holly Cole

    Holly Jean Cole, singer (born 25 November 1963 in Halifax, NS). One of the best-selling jazz artists ever to emerge from Canada, Holly Cole is a jazz singer with a wry, sassy attitude and a deconstructive approach to her minimalist arrangements.

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    Holly Dale

    Holly Dale, director, producer, editor, writer (born at Toronto 23 Dec 1953). Holly Dale was born into a working-class family in Parkdale, in the west end of Toronto.

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