Name Violet Archer | ||
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Full Name Violet Balestreri Similar People Jean Coulthard, The Violet Archers, Barbara Pentland, Malcolm Forsyth, John Weinzweig | ||
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Violet Louise Archer (April 24, 1913 – February 21, 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, in 1913, her family changed their name to Archer in 1940. She died in Ottawa on 21 of February 2000.
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- Maureen forrester sings violet archer songs 4
- Jig by violet archer
- Education and teaching career
- Awards and honours
- Works and Discography
- Songs
- References
Jig by violet archer
Education and teaching career
Archer earned an L MUS from McGill University in 1934, and a B MUS from McGill in 1936 where she studied composition with Douglas Clarke. She travelled to New York City in the summer of 1942 where she studied with Béla Bartók, "who introduced her to Hungarian folk tunes and to variation technique. She taught at the McGill Conservatory from 1944–1947. Later in the 1940s she studied with Paul Hindemith at Yale. She earned a B MUS from Yale in 1948, and a M MUS also from Yale in 1949. From 1950–1953 Archer was Composer-in-Residence at the University of North Texas. From 1953 through 1961 she taught at the University of Oklahoma. Returning to Canada in 1961 for doctoral study at the University of Toronto, she set that aside when, in 1962, she joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Alberta. There she would become chairman of the Theory and Composition Department. She remained at the University of Alberta until her retirement. Her notable students include Larry Austin, Jan Randall, Allan Gilliland, and Allan Gordon Bell.
Awards and honours
In 1983, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
The Canadian Music Centre Library in Calgary is named in her honour (The Violet Archer Library).
The Canadian indie rock band The Violet Archers is named for Archer.