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This study provides an overview of the piano concerto in Canada since 1900 with stylistic analyses of five concertos written in the five decades since 1967 by five Canadian composers: Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Samuel Dolin, Alexina Louie, Larysa Kuzmenko, and Heather Schmidt. The purpose of the study is to update research on the Canadian piano concerto, spotlight these five concertos, and provide an updated list of Canadian piano concertos as a resource for pianists and teachers. The introduction provides a review of related literature including dissertations, relevant books, and Internet sources that explore related topics. Chapter one presents a history of the development of the piano concerto in Canada since 1900. Chapters two through six discuss five selected concertos: Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté’s Symphony-Concerto (1967), Samuel Dolin’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1974), Alexina Louie’s Concerto for piano and orchestra (1984), Larysa Kuzmenko’s Piano Concerto (1995), and Heather Schmidt’s Piano Concerto No. 4, “Phoenix Ascending” (2005). Each chapter contains sections on the composer’s biography and style as well as a brief stylistic analysis of the concerto’s form, themes, orchestration, and interaction between the piano and orchestra, wi

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Women in Music Festival

Amy Beach | 1867-1944
Composer and pianist Amy Beach wrote over three hundred works in a variety of genres including a mass, a symphony, a piano concerto, and works for chamber ensembles, piano, mixed chorus, and solo voice. Considered the foremost American female composer of her time, she was highly disciplined and known for her ability to create large-scale pieces rapidly. Primarily self-taught, Ms. Beach received critical acclaim not only in the United States, but in Europe as well. Her compositional style has been described as both Romantic and post-Romantic.

Judith Bingham | b. 1952
As a small child Judith Bingham studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She was awarded the Principal’s prize in 1971. She has received the BBC Young Composer award. She was a member of the BBC singers and betwen 2004 and 2009 she was their “Composer in Association,” during which she wrote a series of choral works. She has written a substantial body of pieces for organ, a concerto written for Stephen Cleobury, various chamber group compositions, etc.

Margaret Bonds | b. 1913-1972
Composer, pianist, and teacher Margaret Bonds was the first African-American to appear with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performing Florence Beatrice Price’s Piano Con