John Rea (born 1944) is a

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who won the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in both 1981 and 1992. He obtained his bachelor's degree at

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(1967), his Master of Music degree at the University of Toronto (1969), and his PhD at

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. His children's opera ''The Prisoners Play'' from 1972 uses serial techniques. His works have been played by the

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, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the

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, the Esprit Orchestra and others. He is the previous dean and head of the

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department at the

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, from which he has taken his retirement. Among his notable students are composers

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and

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Music

Stage: The Days/Les Jours, ballet. 1969. Ms The Prisoners Play, opera (Paul Woodruff). 1973. Ms Com-possession 'Daemonic afterimages in the theatre of transitory states.' 1980. 2 chamber ensemble (tape). Ms. McGill University Records 83019 (Laucke) Une Fleur du mal. 1992. Sop, clarinet, violoncello and percussion Canto di Beatrice. 1992. For two sop and two violoncelli, melodrama Alma & Oskar (melodrama from beyond the grave). 1995. Voice and piano, National Competition for Young Performers of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; version for two voices and orchestra, 1996 Urfaust—tragédie subjective (after Goethe and Pessoa). 1999. Incidental music, Théâtre UBU Sacrée Landowska. 2001. Music theatre Orchestra: Piece for Chamber Orchestra (1967, rev 1971). Ms Hommage à Vasarely. 1977. Ms. RCI 658/McGill University Records 81013 (McGill SO, Mayer conductor) Vanishing Points. 1983. Ms Litaneia (Aristophanes). 1984. Mixed chorus, orch. Ms Over Time. 1987. Ms. Centrediscs CMC-CD-3188 (Orch métropolitain) Time and Again. 1987. Ms Zefiro torna. 1994 Einer nach dem Andern!. 1994. Chamber orchestra Homme/Papillon. 2002 Chamber: Sonatina. 1965. Fl, piano. Ms Prologue, Scene and Movement (classical Latin palindrome). 1968. Sop, viola, 2 piano. Ms Sestina. 1968. Chamb ensemble. Ms Fantaisies and/et Allusions. 1969. Saxophone quartet, snare drum. Ms Anaphora. 1970. Chamb ensemble. Ms Reception and Offering Music 'Anaphora IV.' 1975. Ww quintet, percussion. Ms. Mel SMLP-4040 (York Winds) Jeux de Scène 'fantaisie-hommage à Richard Wagner.' 1976. Hn, oboe, violoncello, piccolo, fl, piano, mar, 3 glockenspiel, blacksmith's anvil. Ms Les Blues d'Orphée. 1981. Fl, clarinet, viola, violoncello, piano. Ms Le Dernière Sirène. 1981. Ondes M, piano, percussion. Ms Médiator '...pincer la musique aujourd'hui..'. 1981. Chamb ensemble. Ms. RCI 570 (Événements du neuf, Rea conductor) Treppenmusik. 1982. Saxophone quartet, 4 clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, double-bass, tape. Ms. Centrediscs CMC-2085 (SMCQ) Glide Reflexions. 1984. 2 clarinet, 2 violoncello. Ms Les Raisons des Forces Mouvantes. 1984. Fl, alto fl, string quartet. Ms Spin. 1984. Str quartet, piano. Ms Some Time Later. 1986. RAAD string quartet. Ms Big Apple Jam. 1987–91. Saxophone quartet, tape. Ms Kubla Khan. 1989. Chamb ensemble. Ms. (1991). University of Montreal UNMUS-105 (CD) (Nouvel ensemble moderne) Objets Perdus. 1992. String quartet Piano: What You Will. 1969. 2 or 4 hands. Jay 1971 Anaphora II. 1971 (rev 1972). Ms Las Meninas. 1990–1. Ms Also Le Petit Livre des 'Ravalet' (1983) for early music instr, tape, and 4 narrator, and Offenes Lied (1986) for 2 soprano and clarinet, both manuscript; and 2 works for tape, S.P.I. 51 and STER 1.3 (both 1969), recorded on Marathon MS-2211

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