Tag: Inducted 1994

Chris (Christian Giesinger) Gage was born in Regina on December 12,1927. He began his career at seven as the pianist in a dance band, travelling in mid western Canada for some 15 years. He was heard on CKCK radio from Regina, and on the CBC from Winnipeg. Settling in Vancouver in 1949 Gage quickly became the…
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Beverly (Couper) Fyfe was born in Neepawa, near Winnipeg on October 13, 1909. Fyfe attended the Hambourg Conservatory in Toronto and studied in Washington State and California. After touring in the USA as a conductor of musical comedy Fyfe joined TUTS as a leading tenor in 1941 and became music director in 1945. He was…
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Judith Forst was born in New Westminster, November 71943. She studied piano as a child and voice later with at the University of British Columbia, and was coached by Harold Brown. A participant 1966-8 in the Vancouver Opera Association training program, Forst won the 1967 western finals of the San Francisco Opera auditions and the 1968…
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Yvonne Firkins was born in Worcester, England. During WWI she lived in Birmingham where she was introduced to theatre. She came to Vancouver in 1920. Her husband, magistrate Walter H.C. Firkins, was a police court clerk for 31 years. She was a founding member of Theatre Under the Stars, Vancouver Little Theatre, Vancouver Ballet School and…
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Allard de Ridder was born in Dordrecht, Holland on May 3, 1887. He studied violin and conducting in Holland and at the Cologne Cons. He was a guest conductor at Arnhem, The Hague, and Amsterdam. For two seasons he conducted the National Opera in Amsterdam. In 1919 he emigrated to the USA and became assistant…
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