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    Mari-Elizabeth Morgen

    Mari-Elizabeth Morgen. Pianist, b Kitchener, Ont, 11 Dec 1944; ARCT 1962, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1967, B MUS (Juilliard) 1970, M SC (Juilliard) 1971. She was a pupil of Gordon Hallett at the RCMT.

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    Maria Calderisi

    Maria (Vincenza) Calderisi. Music librarian, b Montreal 17 Mar 1935; B MUS (McGill) 1972, AMLS (Michigan) 1973, MMA musicology (McGill) 1976. In 1973 she joined the Music Division of the National Library of Canada and became the head of its printed collection in 1976.

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    Maria Monk

    Maria Monk, (b at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qué 1817 to Scottish parents; d half-mad in the prison on Blackwell's I [Welfare I] 1849), author of The Awful Disclosures of the Hôtel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal.

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    Maria Morris Miller

    Maria Frances Ann Morris Miller, botanical artist, teacher, poet (born 1813 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia; died 1875 in Halifax, Nova Scotia). Maria Morris Miller was the first Nova Scotian woman to gain recognition as a professional artist. Miller published four series of botanical lithographs from 1840 to 1867 and created some of the earliest botanical sketches in Canada. Miller’s work received international praise; Queen Victoria granted her royal patronage, after Miller gifted certain illustrations to her Majesty. A collection of Miller’s works was also displayed at the International Paris Exposition in 1867.

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    Maria Pellegrini

    Pellegrini, Maria (Anna) Maria Pellegrini. Soprano, b Pretoro, Italy, 15 Jul 1943, naturalized Canadian 1965. Emigrating to Canada in 1958, she studied 1960-4 with Ernesto Vinci at the RCMT, then in London with Joe Macko. She sang with the COC first (1963) as the High Priestess in Aida, then (1965, her debut in a major role) as Gilda in Rigoletto. Further COC roles have included Nedda in I Pagliacci (1966), Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly (1971...

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    Marian Engel

    ​Marian Engel (née Passmore), OC, writer (born 24 May 1933 in Toronto, ON; died 16 February 1985 in Toronto, ON). 

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    Marian Grudeff

    Marian (b Marion) Grudeff. Pianist, composer, teacher, b Toronto, of Bulgarian parents, 18 Apr 1927, d Toronto 4 Nov 2006.

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    Mariana Paunova

    Mariana Paunova. Contralto, pianist, b Kapinovo, Bulgaria, 13 Jun 1951, naturalized Canadian 1975, d Port Jefferson, New York, 27 Jul 2002; diploma (State Music School, Sofia, Bulgaria) 1967, M MUS piano (Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome) 1970, lauréat (Académie de musique du Québec) 1971.

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    Marianas Trench

    ​Vancouver pop-rock quartet Marianas Trench burst onto the Canadian music scene in 2006 with the hit singles “Say Anything” and “Shake Tramp” from their debut album, Fix Me.

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    Maribeth Solomon

    Maribeth Solomon, composer, arranger, flutist (born 23 June 1950 in Toronto, ON). 

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    Marie-Aimée Varro

    Marie-Aimée Varro (b Warrot). Pianist, b Brunoy, near Paris, 18 Feb 1915, naturalized Canadian 1960, d Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 14 Sep 1971. A 1930 graduate of the Paris Cons, she studied with Alfred Cortot and Robert Casadesus and later with Emil von Sauer in Vienna.

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    Marie Bottrell

    Marie Bottrell. Singer, songwriter, b London, Ont, 1961. She wrote songs as a child and sang with her brother, sister and sister-in-law in the Whitestone Country Band, in her early teens. At 17 she began recording for the Mercey Brothers' MBS label.

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    Marie Brassard

    Marie Brassard, actor, playwright (b at Trois-Rivières 11 Aug 1959).

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    Marie Chouinard

    Marie Chouinard, OC, dancer, choreographer, director (born 14 May 1955 in Québec City, QC). 

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    Marie-Claire Séguin

    Marie-Claire Séguin. Singer-songwriter, b Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montreal) 27 Mar 1952. She started her career with her twin brother Richard Séguin. Her first solo record, Marie-Claire Séguin (1978, CBS PFS-90452), was followed by a tour in Quebec.

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