François Morel

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François Morel (born 14 March 1926) is a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1994 and was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in 1996. He has had his works premiered by the CBC Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Montreal, Morel studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal from 1944–1953. His teachers included Claude Champagne (composition), Isabelle Delorme (harmony, counterpoint, fugue), Gérald Gagnier (conducting), Arthur Letondal (piano), Germaine Malépart, Jean Papineau-Couture (acoustics), and Edmond Trudel (piano). He was a founding member of the Canadian League of Composers in 1951. From 1956–1979 he worked for CBC Radio as a composer of incidental music, music consultant, and researcher.

Morel taught music analysis and composition at the Institut Nazareth from 1959–1961. In 1972 he was appointed director of the Académie de musique du Québec, a position he held through 1978. From 1976–1979 he taught at the Bourgchemin Cegep in Drummondville and from 1979–1997 he taught at Université Laval. He also served on the faculty of the Université de Montréal in 1979–1980.

References

↑ Hélène Plouffe. "François Morel". The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Cadrin, Paul. 1993. "Francois Morel: A Composer in Action." SoundNotes SN5:14-21.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 29619599 LCCN: n83159973 ISNI: 0000 0000 7361 8558 GND: 130623091 BNF: cb12406126j

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Name	Morel, François
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Short description	Canadian classical music composer and educator
Date of birth	14 March 1926
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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