Norma Beecroft
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1934-04-11
- Died
- 2024-10-19
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Improvvisazioni concertanti no. 1
- The living flame of love
- [ Orchestral music, Contrasts for oboe, viola, xylorimba, vibraphone, percussion and harp, and vocal music
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- Listeners
- 103
- Total plays
- 539
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Norma Marian Beecroft (born 11 April 1934) is a Canadian composer, producer, broadcaster, and arts administrator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she twice won the Canada Council's Lynch-Staunton Award for composition. She has been commissioned to write works for such organizations as the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Electronic Ensemble <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Norma+Beecroft
Key dates
- Born
- 11 April 1934
- Died
- 19 October 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Oshawa
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Genre
- electronic music
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1934 births2024 deaths20th-century Canadian women composersAcademic staff of York UniversityAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumniCanadian arts administratorsCanadian composersCanadian women composersCanadian women in electronic musicPupils of Lukas FossThe Royal Conservatory of Music alumniWomen arts administrators