|
Ronald de Kant. Clarinetist, b Lancaster, Penn, 30 Oct 1931; Artist Diploma (Juilliard) 1953. He studied with Daniel Bonade at the Juilliard School then taught for two years at the US naval school of music in Washington, DC. After a year in Toronto with the National Ballet orchestra, de Kant was principal clarinet 1956-65 with the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra. He was principal clarinet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 1965-80 and of the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra 1967-83, playing with the Santa Fe Opera during the summers 1970-2. He has also been a member of the New Orleans Woodwind Quintet, the Vancouver Woodwind Quintet, the Vancouver SO Chamber Ensemble, and, occasionally, the Cassenti Players. As soloist he has performed the major works for clarinet with the two Vancouver orchestras. He gave the premiere 22 Sep 1968 of Weinzweig's Divertimento No. 4 with the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and has recorded the Mozart Quintet with the Purcell String Quartet, the Copland Concerto with the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, and other chamber works as a member of the Vancouver Woodwind Quintet. He taught at the University of British Columbia part-time 1965-80 and full-time 1980-3, and taught intermittently at the Vancouver City College, the Vancouver Academy of Music, and the Courtenay Youth Music Centre. He taught and coached woodwinds 1977-84 at the Banff CA, where he premiered Morawetz' Sonata for Clarinet and Piano 23 Jul 1981. De Kant was professor of clarinet 1983-7 at Arizona State U, and in 1987 began teaching at the College-Conservatory of Music, U of Cincinnati, where he became chairman of the department of woodwind and brass in 1989. His pupils have held positions in Canadian and US orchestras, among them J. Wesley Foster (Vancouver SO), Keith McLeod (Victoria SO), and Kimball Sykes (NACO). De Kant has remained active in orchestral and chamber music performance.
Author
Max Wyman
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| Time waits for no man… and neither do trains... |
|
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at ... |
|
|
| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
|
|
| Louis Riel, Métis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the NORTH-WEST REBELLION (b at Red River ... |
|
|
| The Group of Seven was founded in 1920 as an organization of self-proclaimed modern artists. The original members - ... |
|
|
| Sir John Alexander Macdonald, lawyer, businessman, politician, first prime minister of Canada (b at Brunswick Place, ... |
|
|
| Few countries were affected as severely as Canada by the worldwide Depression of the 1930s. It is estimated that ... |
|
|
| John Ware, "Nigger John," horseman, rancher (b near Georgetown, SC 1845; d near Brooks, Alta 11 Sept 1905). ... |
|
|
| Créditistes, Québec party involved in federal politics. For nearly 2 decades before its 1958 formation ... |
|
|
| Julia Verlyn LaMarsh, "Judy," lawyer, politician, broadcaster, novelist (b at Chatham, Ont 20 Dec 1924; d at ... |
|
Browse the rich visual resources of The Canadian Encyclopedia through thematic galleries of Canadian Art, History, Nature, People, and Science and Technology.
Illustrations, lively text, animations, sounds and games help make learning about Canadian history, art, geography, architecture and other topics entertaining as well as informative.
The ultimate test of your knowledge of Canada, trivial and otherwise. You can choose from more than 60 dynamic quizzes with visual or text clues. Your scores depend on the speed with which you answer and the number of clues you need. Results are sent to you by email and high scores are posted on the site.
This unique resource includes more than 6000 events from Canadian and world history. It can be searched by era, subject, keyword or date. To find out what happened on your birthday, select the month and day of your birth.
This selection of the 100 "greatest" events in Canadian history was made by editor in chief James H. Marsh to draw attention to events that have left an indelible memory in the minds of later generations.
| THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN CANADA |
|
| Dan (Daniel) Hill. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Toronto, of US parents, 3 Jun 1954. He studied guitar in his teens, leaving high school at 17 to work as a songwriter for RCA. He began his performing career at the Riverboat ... |
|
|
