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Rachel Laurin (born August 11, 1961) is a Canadian organist, composer and music educator living in Quebec.[1]

She was born in Saint-Benoît. Laurin studied organ with Lucienne L'Heureux-Arel [de]. She went on to study at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Gaston Arel [fr], Raymond Daveluy and Raoul Sosa. In 1985, she received the McAbbie Foundation scholarship and, in the following year, the Bourse d'excellence Wilfrid-Pelletier. She has performed in Canada, the United States and France. She has received the Conrad-Letendre scholarship five times. From 1986 to 2002, she was assistant organist at Saint Joseph's Oratory. In 1988, she started teaching at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. From 2002 to 2006, she was titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa.[2][1]

Laurin started composition lessons at age 19 with Raymond Daveluy.[3] She has been the "house composer" at Wayne Leupold Editions since 2006.[3] Laurin currently only composes commissioned pieces. Her very first commissioned piece was requested by Donald Sutherland and his wife Phyllis Bryn-Julson. The piece was premiered at an AGO regional convention in Pittsburgh in 1987.[3]

In 2008, she received the Holtkamp-AGO Composition Award. In 2009, she was awarded first place in the Marilyn Mason New Organ Music Competition.[2] Laurin won the 2022 Pogorzelski-Yankee Composition Competition.[4]

The American Guild of Organists granted her their Distinguished Composer Award in 2020.[5]

Selected compositions[1]

• Messe pour les fêtes solennelles Opus 4 (1983)
• Messe de louange, Opus 15 (1990)
• Opus 17 for viola, flute, and piano (1990)
• Opus 18 for chamber ensemble (1990
• String Quartet, Opus 19 (1991)
• Concerto in D for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani, op. 59

Solo Organ Works[6]

• Suite Brève, Op. 6 (1988)
• Sonate en Fa, Op. 7
• Hommage à Lucien Daveluy, Op. 13
• Scènes vosgiennes, Op. 16 (1989)
• Prèlude, Op. 24
• Variations sur un Noël Lorrain, Op. 26 (1995)
• Quatre Pèlerinages en Lorraine, Op. 30 (1996)
• Trois Pièces, Op. 31 (2012)
• Symphonie No. 1, Op. 36 (2008)
• Acclamations, Op. 37
• Étude Héroïque, Op. 38 (2012)
• Petite Suite sur un Motet de Gerald Bales, Op. 41 (2005)
• Douze courtes Pièces, Op. 43
  • Volume 1 (2006)
  • Volume 2 (2010)
  • Volume 3, Op. 64 (2014)
  • Volume 4, Op. 68 (2016)
  • Volume 5, Op. 75 (2018)
• Introduction and Passacaglia on a Theme by Raymond Daveluy, Op. 44 (2011)
• Prélude et Fugue en Fa Mineur, Op. 45 (2008)
• Partita on "Nun danket," Op. 47 (2009)
• Épilogue, Op. 50 (2014)
• Royal Canadian Fanfare, Op. 53 (2012)
• Trois Bagatelles, Op. 54
• Symphonie No. 2, Op. 55
• Greensboro Suite, Op. 56 (2011)
• Sept Pièces, Op. 58 (2012)
• Berceuse à Pierre, Op. 61
• Fantaisie et Fugue sur le Psaume Genevois 47, Op. 62
• Suite in D major for Don Menzies, Op. 63
• Étude-Caprice "Le Rire de Belzébuth," Op. 66 (2016)
• Poème Symphonique pour le Temps de l'Avent, Op. 69 (2017)
• Étude Symphonique pour Pédale Solo, Op. 72 (2016)
• Fantaisie et Fugue en Ré Majeur, Op. 73
• Aria et Fugue pour Aaron, Op. 74
• Three Impressions of Kingsfold
• Humoresque (Hommage à Marcel Dupré), Op. 77
• Finale, Op. 78 (2018)
• Pièce de Concert, No. 1, Op. 79
• Pièce de Concert (Hommage à Buxtehude), No. 2, Op. 86
• Sonate pour orgue, No. 1, Op. 91
• Ten Little Sketches for Ten Little Fingers, Op. 92
• Petit Triptyque, Op. 93
• Concert Piece No. 3 (Mr. Mistoffelees Overture), Op. 94
• Fantasia quasi scherzo, Op. 95
• Concert Piece No. 4 (Sweelinck Variations), Op. 96
• Concert Piece No. 5 (Tone Poem in Honour of Saint Benedict on "Gaudeamus" and "Laeta Dies"), Op. 97
• Étude-Esquisse (Bagatelle burlesque, Hommage à Beethoven) No. 2, Op. 98
• Cantabile à Deux, Op. 99 (duet)
• Thirteen Easy Pieces, Op. 100
• Concert Piece No. 6 (Fantasy and Fugue on a Swedish Folk Song), Op. 102
• Concert Piece No. 7 (Toccata for a Great Space), Op. 103

References

External links

• Rachel Laurin Official Website

На других языках

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[de] Rachel Laurin

Rachel Laurin (* 11. August 1961 in St. Benoît) ist eine kanadische Komponistin und Organistin.

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- [en] Rachel Laurin

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