Jan 29 (Monday)
12:00 p.m. | Walter Hall
Piano: John Burge
Composer: John Burge
Program
Studies in Poetry, Vol. 5,
and More New Works
John Burge Biography
Dr. John Burge is a classically trained composer and pianist, holding degrees from the University of Toronto and British Columbia. He has composed a large body of instrumental and vocal music in all genres including opera. Many of his orchestral works, such as SNOWDRIFT, THE CANADIAN SHIELD and ROCKY MOUNTAIN OVERTURE, are regularly performed by orchestras across Canada and internationally. His string orchestra work, FLANDERS FIELDS REFLECTIONS, as recorded by Sinfonia Toronto, received the 2009 Juno Award for the Best Canadian Classical Composition. Since 1987 he has been teaching at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where he is a full professor at the DAN School of Drama and Music. In 2014 he was inducted as a Fellow into the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his success as a composer and his leadership and advocacy on behalf of Canadian music. Over the last decade, John Burge has been publishing his piano music with Red Leaf Pianoworks, with a number of these piano pieces being listed in conservatory syllabi and used as test pieces for competitions. He enjoys working with music students of all ages and is in high demand as a music festival adjudicator.