Colin Eatock

Colin Eatock is a Canadian author, journalist and composer who lives in Toronto, Ontario.

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1958, and attended the University of Western Ontario,[1] McMaster University[2] and The University of Toronto,[3] from which he received a PhD in musicology.

Eatock has written for Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper,[4] and also the New York Times,[5] the Houston Chronicle,[6] the Kansas City Star and the San Antonio Express News, as well as numerous magazines and journals[7][8][9][10] in Canada, the USA and the UK.

He has also written two books: the first is on the life of Felix Mendelssohn,[11] and the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist Glenn Gould.[12]

He is an associate member of the Canadian Music Centre,[13] which released a CD of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its Centrediscs label.[14] This CD contains six of his compositions: his Ashes of Soldiers (2010), Suite for Piano (1995), Tears of Gold (2000), Three Songs from Blake's "America" (1987), Three Canzonas for Brass Quartet (1991), and The Lotos-Eaters (2000).

Published works

Books

Articles

References

  1. "Colin Eatock". Western Music. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. Eatock, Colin (1984). New Music Concerts of Toronto: A Critical Study.
  3. "Summer Alumni News". University of Toronto Faculty of Music. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "Search: Colin Eatock". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. Eatock, Colin (27 August 2005). "Mystic Composer in a Magical Forest". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. "Search: Colin Eatock". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  7. "ICM Newsletter vol. 2, no. 1: Reviews". University of Toronto. 2001-09-28. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  8. "Some Recent LRC Contributors - The Literary Review of Canada". Reviewcanada.ca. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  9. "Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick (review)". Project MUSE. doi:10.1353/utq.0.0543. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  10. Eatock, Colin. "Does Music Make You Smarter?". Listen. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  11. Project MUSE - Mendelssohn and Victorian England (review)
  12. Colin Eatock's new book Remembering Glenn Gould is a portrait composed from all angles
  13. "Canadian Music Centre". Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  14. Garrick, Daniel (7 November 2012). "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music". DanielGarrick.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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