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Brainerd Blyden-Taylor
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, choral conductor, educator, church musician (born 1954 in Trinidad). Blyden-Taylor was among the first to encourage the study and dissemination of Afrocentric music in Canada and the US.
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Brandon University Trio
Brandon University Trio (formerly Halifax Trio). One of Canada's longest-lived chamber ensembles.
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Paul Brandt
Paul Brandt, singer, songwriter (b at Calgary 21 July 1972). Paul Brandt grew up on gospel music and sang in church, but he soon developed a love for country music and, in 1992, won $1 000 in a talent contest at the Calgary Stampede.
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Paul Brandt
Paul Brandt, singer. Songwriter, b Paul Rennee Belobersycky, Calgary 21 July 1972. Brandt grew up on gospel music and sang in church, but he soon developed a love for country music and, in 1992, won $1000 in a talent contest at the Calgary Stampede.
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Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser, actor (born at Indianapolis, Indiana 3 Dec 1968). Brendan Fraser rose to fame in the 1990s as a handsome leading man in comedies, dramas, and action/adventure movies, such as Encino Man (1992), School Ties (1992), Airheads (1994), George of the Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), and The Mummy (1999) and its sequels. He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2006 and won an Academy Award for his lead performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale (2022) in 2023.
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Brent Butt
Brent Butt, comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer (born at Tisdale, Sask 3 Aug 1966). Brent Butt has parlayed his amiable brand of "coffee shop" humour into a career as a bona fide television star and one of Canada's most successful and recognizable comedians.
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Brent Butt (Profile)
This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on February 14, 2005. Partner content is not updated. Before the success of CTV's Corner Gas turned Butt into Canada's hottest comic, that was his life: travelling the country, with every cramped club and corporate gig a new stage for his jokes.
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Brent Carver
Brent Christopher Carver, actor (born 17 November 1951 in Cranbrook, BC; died 4 August 2020 in Cranbrook). Brent Carver was one of Canada’s most versatile and soulful actors. He tackled the classics at the Stratford Festival (1980–87) and gave critically acclaimed performances in musical theatre, cabaret and film. The New York Times described him as “sensitive, soft-spoken yet nakedly emotional.” His performance in the 1993 Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman earned him a Tony Award. Associated with Robin Phillips, who directed him both at Stratford and at Theatre London (1983–84), Carver also worked closely with John Neville at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre. Carver received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2014.
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Brent Titcomb
(Arthur) Brent Titcomb. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, actor, b Vancouver 10 Aug 1940. He began his career in Vancouver in 1963, combining traditional folk material with the flair for comedy that has remained an integral element of his performances.
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Brenton Price Dutton
Brenton Price Dutton. Composer, teacher, tuba player, b Saskatoon 20 Mar 1950; B MUS (Oberlin Cons) 1975, M MUS (Oberlin Cons) 1976. He began his music studies at nine at the Regina Cons (Conservatory of Music, University of Regina).
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Brian Barley
Brian (Holgate) Barley. Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer (b Sarnia, Ont, 10 Dec 1942, d Toronto 8 Jun 1971). He began playing the clarinet at 11 and, inspired by the jazz musician Lee Konitz, took up the saxophone at 13.
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Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford, actor, director (born 16 February 1935 in Morley, England; died 13 January 2016 in Santa Barbara, California). Brian Bedford was an award-winning actor best known for his work at the Stratford Festival and on Broadway.
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Brian Brett
Brian Thomas Brett, poet, novelist, publisher, critic, teacher (b at Vancouver 28 April 1950). Raised and educated in Vancouver, Brian Brett studied English literature at Simon Fraser University.
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Brian Cherney
Brian Cherney. Composer, teacher, b Peterborough, Ont, 4 Sep 1942; ARCT 1961, B MUS (Toronto) 1964, M MUS (Toronto) 1967, PH D (Toronto) 1974. His interest in composition began in childhood.
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