Clifford Poole
Born(1916-05-25)25 May 1916
Reddish, Lancashire, England
Died16 July 2003(2003-07-16) (aged 87)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genresclassical music
Years active1936-1999

Clifford Poole (1916–2003) was a British-Canadian music teacher, composer, conductor and contributor to music.[1]

Early life and education

Poole was born in Reddish, England near Manchester. Poole's family emigrated to Canada in his early years. Poole studied piano with Mona Bates.[2][3]

Career

Poole and Gordon Hallett performed in Toronto and Montreal in the late 1930s as the Poole-Hallett duo;[2] the pair also performed on CBC Radio.[1] Drafted into military service during World War II, Poole performed during periods of leave.

Poole was a guest performer with the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra in 1946.[4] Around that time he also performed as a duo with his wife, pianist Margaret Parsons.[5] In 1948 the pair joined the faculty of the School of Music at Western University.[6]

Poole taught piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto (now the Royal Conservatory of Music). Beginning in 1963 he taught at the University of Toronto,[5] and was later active in composition and services to orchestras. His compositions were performed by the East York Symphony Orchestra.[7]

Poole served as conductor of the York Symphony Orchestra (1973–89), and the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (1980-5); and founded the Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, serving as inaugural conductor from 1985 until 1999. During this period he also created teaching materials for music students.[8]

Musical works

Clifford Poole's modern classical music has featured in selections by the Royal Conservatory of Music.

References

  1. 1 2 "Clifford Poole". The Canadian Encyclopedia, by Betty Nygaard King, July 16, 2007
  2. 1 2 Robin Elliott (1997). Counterpoint to a City: The First One Hundred Years of the Women's Musical Club of Toronto. ECW Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-55022-306-4.
  3. ↑ Canadian Saturday Night: A Magazine of Business & National Affairs. Vol. 67. Parkan Publications. October 1951. p. 41.
  4. ↑ The Music Magazine/Musical Courier. Vol. 133–134. 1946. p. 19.
  5. 1 2 Robin Elliott; Gordon E. Smith (19 April 2010). Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-55458-199-3.
  6. ↑ John R. W. Gwynne-Timothy (1978). Western's first century. University of Western Ontario. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-7714-0014-8.
  7. ↑ Where Tradition Reigns. Vol. Issues 30-38. Canadian Music Council. 1976. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Clavier. Vol. 28. Instrumentalist Company. 1989. p. 29.
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