Canadian author and playwright Max Braithwaite was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan, on December 7, 1911. Biographical information available in Who's who in Canadian literature 1987-88, p. 43.
Composer, musicologist and pianist. Born on December 23, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. Came to Canada via the United States in 1964. Biographical information available in Encyclopedia of music in Canada. 2nd ed., p. 1426.
Canadian composer, pianist, organist and radio producer George Fiala was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 31, 1922. Came to Canada in 1949. Died in 2017. Biographical information available in Encyclopedia of music in Canada. 2nd ed., p. 453-454.
Canadian music broadcaster. Born in 1903 in Wabigoon, Ontario. Educated in engineering at the University of Toronto. Worked for several years as a professional photographer. Wrote short stories and radio plays, many of which were published or broadcast. From 1952 to 1967, wrote scripts for and narrated the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series The Music of.... Died 1967.
The Kodály Society of Canada was founded in 1973 as the Kodály Institute of Canada. The society is a bilingual professional association dedicated to the dissemination of research and the improvement of teaching following the musical, educational and cultural concepts associated with Zoltan Kodály. To this end, it holds biennial national conferences and publishes a journal Alla Breve. There are official branches of the society in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. The Kodály Society of Canada is the recognized national body affiliated with the International Kodály Society based in Budapest.
Composer, pianist, harpist, musicologist, teacher and conductor Manus Sasonkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 30, 1930. Died in 1992. Biographical information available in Encyclopedia of music in Canada. 2nd ed., p. 1182.
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Canadian author and screenwriter James DeFelice was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1937. He has lived in Edmonton, Alberta, since 1969. Biographical information available in Who's who in Canadian literature, 1992-93, p. 87.
Canadian journalist and author Kenneth McGoogan was born in 1947 and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Educated at Sir George Williams University, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism, 1974), and University of British Columbia (Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 1976). Taught freshman English grammar, composition and literature at U.B.C. in 1976, and grades 3-9 French at the International School of Tanganyika, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1977. Accumulated more than 20 years experience at three newspapers: Toronto Star, Montreal Star and Calgary Herald as general assignment reporter, copy editor, assistant entertainment editor, book review editor and columnist, and literary editor. Published in various Canadian periodicals as a freelance journalist. Author of seven books: three novels; a non-fiction book exploring the politics of Canadian literary culture; three biographies focusing on Northern explorers (John Rae, Samuel Hearne and Jane Franklin); and a biography of Catriona Le May Doan co-authored with the Olympic speedskater. Winner of many awards including the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, the Canadian Authors' Association History Award, the Grant MacEwan Author's Award and the Pierre Berton Award.
Canadian music educator, administrator and writer; internationally recognized authority on Kodály method. Lois Choksy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, 1928. Came to Canada in 1970. Biographical information available in Encyclopedia of music in Canada. 2nd ed., p. 263.
Canadian poet and educator Robert Hilles was born in Kenora, Ontario, on November 13, 1951. Biographical information available in Contemporary authors, v. 165, p. 159-160, and The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 533.