Reginald Bedford (December 13, 1909,

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– December 9, 1985,

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) was a Canadian

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and music educator who was part of a piano duo with Evelyn Eby from 1938 through 1979. He and Eby married in 1948. The duo performed in concert at many venues internationally including Eaton Auditorium in Toronto,

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in London, and The Town Hall in New York City. In 1945–1946 the duo had their own weekly radio program with the

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. In addition to his work as a pianist, Bedford was also organist at the All Saints Cathedral in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A graduate of

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(1924) and the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, Bedford's teachers included Lyell Gustin,

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, Alfred Madeley Richardson,

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, and

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. He was the head of the piano faculty at the

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before becoming principal of the

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from 1944 through 1948. He then opened his own private studio, the Reginald Bedford Piano Studios in Hamilton, which he operated with Eby for several decades. He later taught piano on the faculties of Ontario Ladies' College (now the

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) in Whitby in and at

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. His pupils included musicologist and pianist

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, and composer

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bedford, Reginald 1909 births 1985 deaths Canadian male pianists Canadian music educators Canadian organists The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni Academic staff of the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts Academic staff of McMaster University 20th-century Canadian pianists Canadian classical pianists American Conservatory alumni