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Bell, Don
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Donald Munro Bell (Canadian bass-baritone) was born June 19, 1934 in South Burnaby, British Columbia. He studied under Nancy Paisley Benn in Vancouver before attending the Royal Conservatory of Music on scholarship in 1953-1955. Bell won the Harriet Cohen Award (the 1955 Arnold Bax Memorial Medal) as the outstanding student in the Commonwealth.
Following graduation, Bell studied with Hermann Weissenborn (Berlin, 1955-1957), Judith Boroschek (Dusseldorf 1967-1976) and later with Richard Miller (Ohio, 1985-1990). He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1959 and eventually performed in 23 countries including England, Germany, Israel, Russia, Canada, and Australia. He has worked with several leading conductors including Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir John Pritchard, Leonard Bernstein and George Szell.
Bell taught voice at the University of Calgary’s Department of Music from 1982 to 1994 with research interests in the field of vocal pedagogy. Bell was a founding member of the Vocal Arts Acoustical Research Group.