John Rea (composer)
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John Rea (born 1944) is a Montréal based composer. He obtained his Bachelors degree at Wayne State University (1967), his Master of Music degree at the University of Toronto (1969), and his PhD at Princeton University. His children's opera 'The Prisoners play' from 1972 uses serial techniques. His works have been played by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and others. He is the previous head of the composition department at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University.
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Dr. Rea arranged a 21 instruments version of Wozzeck by Alban Berg. It is published by Universal Edition [1].
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