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Violet Archer (Violet Balestreri) was born on 24 April, 1913 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Canadian composer, pianist, organist, and percussionist (1913 - 2000). Discover Violet Archer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Violet Balestreri
Occupation Composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 24 April 1913
Birthday 24 April
Birthplace Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of death 21 February, 2000
Died Place Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1913

Violet Louise Archer (24 April 191321 February 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist.

Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, in 1913, her family changed their name to Archer in 1940.

1934

Archer earned a licentiate degree in music from McGill University in 1934, and a bachelor of music degree from McGill in 1936.

She studied composition with Douglas Clarke.

1940

Later in the 1940s she studied with Paul Hindemith at Yale.

She played percussion with the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra from 1940 to 1947, a time period when major municipal orchestras were not admitting women to their ranks.

In addition to percussion, Archer played clarinet and strings, and worked in Montréal as an accompanist and organist.

As a composer, Archer's prolific work of more than 330 compositions included traditional and more contemporary works for instrument and voice.

1942

Archer travelled to New York City in the summer of 1942 and studied composition, including Hungarian folk music and variation technique, with Béla Bartók.

1944

She taught at the McGill Conservatory from 1944 to 1947.

1948

She earned a B MUS from Yale in 1948, and a M MUS also from Yale in 1949.

1950

From 1950 to 1953 Archer was Composer-in-Residence at the University of North Texas.

1953

From 1953 through 1961 she taught at the University of Oklahoma.

1961

Returning to Canada in 1961 for doctoral study at the University of Toronto, she set that aside when, in 1962, she joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Alberta.

There she would become chairman of the Theory and Composition Department.

She remained at the University of Alberta until her retirement.

Her notable students include Larry Austin, Jan Randall, Allan Gilliland, and Allan Gordon Bell.

Archer built a career as a musician and composer in addition to her teaching.

1971

Archer has received honorary degrees from McGill University (1971), University of Windsor (1986), University of Calgary (1989), Mount Allison University (1992), and University of Alberta (1993).

1973

Examples of her wide-ranging work include a 1973 comic opera, Sganarelle, the film score for a 1976 documentary, Someone Cares, and experiments with electronic music.

Her music includes some 90 compositions for novice musicians, written to acquaint performers and audiences with modern concepts of harmony, melody, and rhythm.

1983

In 1983, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

1985

In 1985 the three day Violet Archer Festival was held in Edmonton where 14 of her works were performed.

This festival is credited as being first festival to honour a living Canadian composer.

She is memorialized at Violet Archer Park in the Parkallen neighbourhood of Edmonton.

In Calgary, the Prairie Region of Canadian Music Centre Library is home to The Violet Archer Library which holds over 20,000 scores.

In 2021, Violet Archer fonds held at University of Alberta Archives was added to the Canada Memory of the World Register.

The Canadian indie rock band The Violet Archers is named for Archer.

2000

She died in Ottawa on 21 February 2000.