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'''Colin Eatock''' is a Canadian composer, writer and journalist who lives in [[Toronto]], Ontario.


==Life and career==
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'''Colin Eatock''' is a [[Canadian]] [[author]], [[journalist]] and [[composer]] who lives in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].
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Colin Timothy Eatock was born in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], in 1958, and attended the [[University of Western Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Eatock|url=http://www.music.uwo.ca/profiles/alumnae/colin_eatock.html|work=Western Music|access-date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116020715/http://www.music.uwo.ca/profiles/alumnae/colin_eatock.html|archive-date=16 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[McMaster University]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Eatock|first=Colin|title=New Music Concerts of Toronto: A Critical Study|year=1984|url=http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/6607/}}</ref> and [[The University of Toronto]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Summer Alumni News|url=http://www.music.utoronto.ca/about/news/alumninews19July2012.htm|publisher=University of Toronto Faculty of Music|access-date=4 November 2013|date=19 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730164527/http://www.music.utoronto.ca/about/news/alumninews19July2012.htm|archive-date=30 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> from which he received a PhD in musicology.


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Eatock's music has been performed in Canada, the US and Europe. He is an associate member of the [[Canadian Music Centre]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musiccentre.ca | title=Canadian Music Centre | access-date=2013-03-29}}</ref> which released a CD of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its [[Centrediscs]] label.<ref>{{cite web|last=Garrick|first=Daniel|title=Colin Eatock: Chamber Music|url=http://danielgarrick.com/2012/11/07/colin-eatock-chamber-music/|work=DanielGarrick.com|access-date=4 November 2013|date=7 November 2012}}</ref> 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).
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He was born in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], in 1958, and attended the [[University of Western Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Colin Eatock|url=http://www.music.uwo.ca/profiles/alumnae/colin_eatock.html|work=Western Music|accessdate=4 November 2013}}</ref> [[McMaster University]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Eatock|first=Colin|title=New Music Concerts of Toronto: A Critical Study|year=1984|url=http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/6607/}}</ref> and [[The University of Toronto]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Summer Alumni News|url=http://www.music.utoronto.ca/about/news/alumninews19July2012.htm|publisher=University of Toronto Faculty of Music|accessdate=4 November 2013|date=19 July 2012}}</ref> from which he received a PhD in musicology.


In 2023, Centrediscs released a second CD of Eatock's music, "Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music." This CD contains a chamber-orchestra arrangement of his Ashes of Soldiers (2010-2012) and his Sinfonietta (1999), also for chamber orchestra; as well as eight of his choral works: The Lord Is Risen! (2021), In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998), Cast Off All Doubtful Care (2012), Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018), Three Psalms (2018), Benedictus es: Alleluia (2018), Two Poems by Walt Whitman (2017) and Out of My Deeper Heart (2015).
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Eatock has written for Toronto's ''[[Globe and Mail]]'' newspaper,<ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Colin Eatock|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/search/?q=colin+eatock|work=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=4 November 2013}}</ref> and also the ''[[New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Eatock|first=Colin|title=Mystic Composer in a Magical Forest|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/arts/music/27patr.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&|accessdate=4 November 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 August 2005}}</ref> the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Colin Eatock|url=http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&channel=home&search=1&firstRequest=1&query=colin+eatock&x=22&y=8&searchindex=property|work=Houston Chronicle|accessdate=4 November 2013}}</ref> the Kansas City Star and the ''[[San Antonio Express News]]'', as well as numerous magazines and journals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utoronto.ca/icm/0201f.html |title=ICM Newsletter vol. 2, no. 1: Reviews |publisher=University of Toronto |date=2001-09-28 |accessdate=2013-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reviewcanada.ca/contributors/#e |title=Some Recent LRC Contributors - The Literary Review of Canada |publisher=Reviewcanada.ca |date=2008-09-25 |accessdate=2013-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v078/78.1.eatock01.html | title=Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick (review) | work=Project MUSE | accessdate=2013-03-27 | doi=10.1353/utq.0.0543}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.listenmusicmag.com/feature/does-music-make-you-smarter.php | title=Does Music Make You Smarter? | work=Listen | accessdate=2013-03-27 | last=Eatock | first=Colin}}</ref> in Canada, the USA and the UK.


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As a music journalist and critic, Eatock has written for Toronto's ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' newspaper,<ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Colin Eatock|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/search/?q=colin+eatock|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> and also the ''National Post'', ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Eatock|first=Colin|title=Mystic Composer in a Magical Forest|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/arts/music/27patr.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&|access-date=4 November 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 August 2005}}</ref> the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Colin Eatock|url=http://www.chron.com/search/?action=search&channel=home&search=1&firstRequest=1&query=colin+eatock&x=22&y=8&searchindex=property|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> the ''Kansas City Star'' and the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'', as well as numerous magazines and journals<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/icm/0201f.html |title=ICM Newsletter vol. 2, no. 1: Reviews |publisher=University of Toronto |date=28 September 2001 |access-date=2013-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528154857/http://www.utoronto.ca/icm/0201f.html |archive-date=2013-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://reviewcanada.ca/contributors/#e |title=Some Recent LRC Contributors – The Literary Review of Canada |publisher=Reviewcanada.ca |date=25 September 2008 |access-date=2013-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/university_of_toronto_quarterly/v078/78.1.eatock01.html | title=Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick (review) | journal= University of Toronto Quarterly| year=2009 | access-date=2013-03-27 | doi=10.1353/utq.0.0543| last1=Eatock | first1=Colin | volume=78 | pages=422–423 | s2cid=162210829 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.listenmusicmag.com/feature/does-music-make-you-smarter.php | title=Does Music Make You Smarter? | work=Listen | access-date=2013-03-27 | last=Eatock | first=Colin}}</ref> in Canada, the US and the UK.
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He has also written two books: the first is on the life of [[Felix Mendelssohn]],<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/summary/v067/67.3.perten.html Project MUSE - ''Mendelssohn and Victorian England'' (review)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist [[Glenn Gould]].<ref>[http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/portrait+Glenn+Gould+composed+from+angles/7140472/story.html Colin Eatock's new book Remembering Glenn Gould is a portrait composed from all angles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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He has also written three books: the first is on the life of [[Felix Mendelssohn]],<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/notes/summary/v067/67.3.perten.html Project MUSE – ''Mendelssohn and Victorian England'' (review)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist [[Glenn Gould]]<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/portrait+Glenn+Gould+composed+from+angles/7140472/story.html Colin Eatock's new book Remembering Glenn Gould is a portrait composed from all angles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the third, Music After the Millennium, is a collection of his music journalism.
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He is an associate member of the [[Canadian Music Centre]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musiccentre.ca | title=Canadian Music Centre | accessdate=2013-03-29}}</ref> which released a [[CD]] of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its [[Centrediscs]] label.<ref>{{cite web|last=Garrick|first=Daniel|title=Colin Eatock: Chamber Music|url=http://danielgarrick.com/2012/11/07/colin-eatock-chamber-music/|work=DanielGarrick.com|accessdate=4 November 2013|date=7 November 2012}}</ref> 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).


==Published works==
==Published works==
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* Eatock, Colin, "Mendelssohn and Victorian England." Ashgate Press (London, England), 2009
* Eatock, Colin, "Mendelssohn and Victorian England." Ashgate Press (London, England), 2009
* Eatock, Colin, "Remembering Glenn Gould." Penumbra Press (Newcastle, Ontario), 2012.
* Eatock, Colin, "Remembering Glenn Gould." Penumbra Press (Newcastle, Ontario), 2012.
* Eatock, Colin, "Music After the Millennium." published independently, 2024.


===Articles===
===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. "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. "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.
* Eatock, Colin. "Mendelssohn's Conversion to Judaism: An English Perspective." Mendelssohn Perspectives (Ashgate Press) 2012: 63–79.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.colineatock.com}}
*{{Official website|http://www.colineatock.com}}

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Latest revision as of 10:07, 22 August 2024

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

Life and career

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Colin Timothy 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 US 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).

In 2023, Centrediscs released a second CD of Eatock's music, "Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music." This CD contains a chamber-orchestra arrangement of his Ashes of Soldiers (2010-2012) and his Sinfonietta (1999), also for chamber orchestra; as well as eight of his choral works: The Lord Is Risen! (2021), In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998), Cast Off All Doubtful Care (2012), Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018), Three Psalms (2018), Benedictus es: Alleluia (2018), Two Poems by Walt Whitman (2017) and Out of My Deeper Heart (2015).

As a music journalist and critic, 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 US and the UK.

He has also written three books: the first is on the life of Felix Mendelssohn,[13] the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist Glenn Gould[14] and the third, Music After the Millennium, is a collection of his music journalism.

Published works

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Books

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  • Eatock, Colin, "Mendelssohn and Victorian England." Ashgate Press (London, England), 2009
  • Eatock, Colin, "Remembering Glenn Gould." Penumbra Press (Newcastle, Ontario), 2012.
  • Eatock, Colin, "Music After the Millennium." published independently, 2024.

Articles

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  • 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

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  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 29 March 2013.
  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. 28 September 2001. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Some Recent LRC Contributors – The Literary Review of Canada". Reviewcanada.ca. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  11. ^ Eatock, Colin (2009). "Lost Genius: The Story of a Forgotten Musical Maverick (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 78: 422–423. doi:10.1353/utq.0.0543. S2CID 162210829. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  12. ^ Eatock, Colin. "Does Music Make You Smarter?". Listen. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  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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