Tag: Music

Born in Vancouver, Bill grew up in Western Canada and began earning a living as a musician while still in high school. He studied music at the University of British Columbia and in 1966 helped found THE COLLECTORS, one of the country’s most innovative musical groups. After two albums the group evolved into CHILLIWACK. Henderson…
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Roma Hearn is one of the best known of all the musical stars in British Columbia. She played the lead in innumerable musicals for Theatre Under the Stars, Vancouver International Festival, Charlottetown Festival and in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto. Credits include Annie, Gypsy, Anne of Green Gables, Pyjama Game, Little Mary Sunshine,…
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Harold (Douglas) Brown, pianist and coach was born in Wynyard, near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada on October 28, 1917. He earned the designation of ATCM – Associate Diploma from the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1935 (which later became the Royal Conservatory of Music). After studying in his home town he moved to Vancouver, in 1936.…
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Conductor, mandolinist and Banjo player, George Calangis was born in Vancouver in 1916. At a young age, he performed with his five sisters, collectively known as the Musical Calangis Family, playing various mandolins and banjos. Becoming proficient in piano and strings, they performed in Seattle, on the radio and in night clubs in Los Angeles.…
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Lloyd Arntzen is a clarinetist, vocalist, soprano saxophonist, arranger, bandleader, composer and music director. Born in Saskatchewan in 1927, he moved to Vancouver in 1946 where he attended UBC Theatre. In the 1950’s Lloyd helped establish The Jazz Band Society, which led to the formation of several bands playing New Orleans Jazz in the city.…
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