Nicole Rodrigue (29 September 1943 – 16 April 2010) was a Canadian composer and film editor who was the first woman to earn a composition degree from

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Life and career

Rodrigue was born in

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, Canada, the youngest of 11 children. She began studying piano when she was 10 years old, and went on to earn degrees from the Ecole de Musique Vincent d'Indy and the

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. In 1974, she became the first woman to earn a master's degree in composition from McGill University. Her teachers included Istvan Anhalt, Francoise Aubut-Pratte, J. P. Couture, Alcides Lanza, Bruce Mather, Paul Pedersen, A. Prevost, and Serge Garant. Rodrigue participated in the

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in Belgium and also studied in Darmstadt, Germany, where her composition ''Nasca'' premiered. Rodrigue was interested in electronic music and experimented with Music Mouse, software created by the American composer

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. In 1973, she edited the short film ''Quoi de Neuf a Pie IX?'' From 1970 to 1998, Rodrigue taught at the School Commission of Montreal and wrote a pedagogical guide. Rodrigue's compositions were recorded by the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC QC 1274) and printed by the

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(CMC). Her papers are archived at the

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and the

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. Her works include:

Chamber

*''Desastre'' *''Fission'' (two percussion) *''Le Moqueur'' (violin, cello, piano) *''Le Moqueur Polyglotte'' (flute) *''Modules'' (harp, double bass, seven tam tams) *''Nasca'' (clarinet, cello, piano and vibraphone) *''Soufriere'' (two flutes and two piccolos) *''Two Atmospheres'' (chamber ensemble)

Multimedia

*''Toi'' (harp and visual montage)

Piano

*''Babillage (Chatter)'' *''Evocations Suite'' *''L'oie Blanche Suite''

Vocal

*''Hommage a Fernando'' (flute, violin, piano and narrator; text by Benoit Lacroix) *''Laudes: Requiem'' (chorus and chamber ensemble) *''Sequence: Fureur. . .'' (a capella mixed chorus)

External links

Listen to music by Nicole Rodrigue

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigue, Nicole Canadian women composers Canadian film editors 1943 births 2010 deaths McGill University people Université de Montréal alumni