Colin Eatock

Colin Eatock is a Canadian composer, author and journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Life and career

Eatock was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1958, and attended the University of Western Ontario,[1] McMaster University[2] and The University of Toronto,[3] from which he received a PhD in musicology.

Eatock's music has been performed in Canada, the USA and Europe. He is an associate member of the Canadian Music Centre,[4] which released a CD of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its Centrediscs label.[5] This CD contains six of his compositions: his Ashes of Soldiers (2010), Suite for Piano (1995), Tears of Gold (2000), Three Songs from Blake's "America" (1987), Three Canzonas for Brass Quartet (1991), and The Lotos-Eaters (2000).

Eatock has written for Toronto's The Globe and Mail newspaper,[6] and also the National Post, The New York Times,[7] the Houston Chronicle,[8] the Kansas City Star and the San Antonio Express News, as well as numerous magazines and journals[9][10][11][12] in Canada, the USA and the UK.

He has also written two books: the first is on the life of Felix Mendelssohn,[13] and the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist Glenn Gould.[14]

Published works

Books
  • Eatock, Colin, "Mendelssohn and Victorian England." Ashgate Press (London, England), 2009
  • Eatock, Colin, "Remembering Glenn Gould." Penumbra Press (Newcastle, Ontario), 2012.

Articles
  • Eatock, Colin. "Classical Music Criticism at the Globe and Mail: 1936–2000." Canadian University Music Review (Canadian University Music Society) 24/2: 8–28.
  • Eatock, Colin. "The Crystal Palace Concerts: Canon Formation and the English Musical Renaissance." 19th Century Music (University of California) 34/1: 87–105.
  • Eatock, Colin. "Mendelssohn's Conversion to Judaism: An English Perspective." Mendelssohn Perspectives (Ashgate Press) 2012: 63–79.

References
  1. "Colin Eatock". Western Music. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. Eatock, Colin (1984). New Music Concerts of Toronto: A Critical Study.
  3. "Summer Alumni News". University of Toronto Faculty of Music. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "Canadian Music Centre". Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  5. Garrick, Daniel (7 November 2012). "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music". DanielGarrick.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. "Search: Colin Eatock". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  7. Eatock, Colin (27 August 2005). "Mystic Composer in a Magical Forest". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  8. "Search: Colin Eatock". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  9. "ICM Newsletter vol. 2, no. 1: Reviews". University of Toronto. 2001-09-28. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  10. "Some Recent LRC Contributors - The Literary Review of Canada". Reviewcanada.ca. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  11. Eatock, Colin (2009). "Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick (review)". Project MUSE. 78: 422–423. doi:10.1353/utq.0.0543. S2CID 162210829. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  12. Eatock, Colin. "Does Music Make You Smarter?". Listen. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  13. Project MUSE - Mendelssohn and Victorian England (review)
  14. Colin Eatock's new book Remembering Glenn Gould is a portrait composed from all angles
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