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    Christie Harris

    Christie Harris, neé Lucy Christie Irwin, author (b at Newark, NJ 21 Nov 1907; d at Vancouver, 5 January 2002). Winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for a distinguished body of work (1973) and a Member of the Order of Canada

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    Christina Harvey

    Christina Harvey. Soprano, b Montreal 28 May 1939; B MUS (Montreal) 1967, premier prix (École Vincent-d'Indy) 1967.

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    Christina Petrowska Quilico

    Christina Elena Petrowska Quilico (nee Petrowska), CM, O.Ont, FRSC, pianist, teacher, author, graphic artist (born 30 December 1948 in Ottawa, ON). Christina Petrowska Quilico is one of Canada’s most celebrated pianists. Equally adept at Classical, Romantic and contemporary repertoires (though best known for the latter), she is also a noted champion of Canadian composers, particularly Ann Southam. Petrowska Quilico taught piano and musicology at York University from 1987 until 2022, when she was named Professor Emerita, Senior Scholar. She has been appointed to the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario and the Royal Society of Canada.

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    Christine Mather

    Christine (Kyle) Mather. Administrator, musicologist, bassoonist, b York 24 May 1929; ARCM 1952, PH D musicology (Michigan) 1971.

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    Christopher Allworth

    (Robert) Christopher (Holmes) Allworth. Instrument maker, musicologist, organist-choirmaster, teacher, b Toronto 9 Oct 1940; BA (Mount Allison) 1966, M MUS (Illinois) 1974.

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    Christopher Donison

    Christopher Donison. Composer, pianist, conductor, inventor, b Halifax, NS, 26 Dec 1952; B MUS (Victoria) 1976, M MUS (State University of New York) 1992. Christopher Donison studied piano with Winifred Scott Wood at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and later at the University of Victoria.

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    Christopher Gledhill

    Christopher Gledhill. Educator, organist, composer, b Borden, Kent, England, 21 Mar 1912, d Brundall, Norfolk, England, 14 Apr 1987; BA (Oxford) 1934, B MUS (Oxford) 1936, MA (Oxford) 1946. He was a grandnephew of Edwin Gledhill.

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    Christopher Hinton

    Christopher Hinton, animator, writer (b at Galt [now Cambridge], Ont 1952). Christopher Hinton studied filmmaking at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ont.

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    Christopher Jackson

    Christopher (Donald) Jackson. Organist, choirmaster, b Halifax, NS, 27 Jul 1948; premier prix organ (CMM) 1974.

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    Christopher Maxwell House

    While continuing to perform, he has created a repertoire of works in a modern-dance style that is distinctly his own.

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    Christopher Newton

    Christopher Newton, OC, stage director, actor (born 11 June 1936 in Deal, Kent, England; died 20 December 2021). After some 30 years as an artistic director at the Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre and Shaw Festival, Christopher Newton is widely considered the foremost artistic director that Canada has ever produced.

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    Christopher Weait

    Christopher (Robert Irving) Weait. Bassoonist, teacher, composer, b Surrey, England, 27 Mar 1939; B SC music education (State U of New York) 1961, MA (Columbia) 1966. He studied with Charles Robert Reinert at State U College and with William Polisi.

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    Christos Hatzis

    Christos Hatzis, composer, professor, writer (b at Volos, Greece 21 March 1953). 

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    Claire Gagnier

    Claire Gagnier, CM, soprano (born 28 March 1924 in Montreal, QC). She studied violin with her father, René Gagnier, and at 14 began voice lessons with Roger Filiatrault. She sang in public and on the radio and won first prize in the CBC's "Singing Stars of Tomorrow" in 1944.

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    Claire Grenon-Masella

    Claire Grenon-Masella (née Grenon), soprano, teacher (born 14 September 1932 in Sault Ste. Marie, ON; died 14 April 2017 in Gatineau, QC). B MUS (Montreal) 1954, M MUS (Montreal) 1957. 

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