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Gerald Richard Fagan, OOnt (born September 19, 1939) is considered one of Canada's premier choral conductors . He is the former Conductor and Artistic Director of Fanshawe Chorus London, The Gerald Fagan Singers, and the Concert Players Orchestra. He has been married to Marlene Fagan since 1961. They have five children; Leslie, Louise, Judy, Jennifer and Jonathon. ==Biography== Gerald Fagan was born in London, Ontario on 19 September 1939 to Cyril and Nora Fagan. He attended both elementary(Ealing Public School/Trafalgar Public School) and high school (Sir Adam Beck Secondary School) in London. He received his earliest music training from the Sisters of St. Joseph at Sacred Heart Convent. He attended the University of Western Ontario and was graduated with a B.A. in music in 1961. He studied conducting with Robert Shaw, score analysis with Julius Herford (Indiana), vocal pedagogy with William Vennard (University of California), and diction with Madeline Marshall (Juilliard). In his distinguished career, he has conducted choirs from Russia, South Africa, the United States, Poland, Taiwan and Argentina. Mr. Fagan has often been a judge for the Juno Awards, the CBC Choral Competition and was conductor of the 2001 Canada Summer Games Choir and Orchestra. Fagan recently retired as the Conductor of Fanshawe Chorus London, which, at the time, consisted of 110 musicians with its fully professional symphony (Concert Players Orchestra). They continue to perform the major works of the choir/orchestral repertoire under a new conductor. The Gerald Fagan Singers, was a semi professional chamber choir of 26 musicians that explored music of all eras suitable for a chamber ensemble. The two choirs twice won the Lieutenant Governor's Award for the Arts based on their artistic performances, fiscal responsibility and dedication to Canadian composers. While still together, the Gerald Fagan Singers traveled to ten countries starting in 1998, including England, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Monaco, Spain, Czech Republic and Germany performing Canadian repertoire to new audiences. Twice Artistic Director of the Ontario Youth Choir, Mr. Fagan was also the founding conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir and his talents have led him to conduct all -province choirs in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta. Presented with the `Citizen's Medal' by President Adamkus of Lithuania, he has also been honoured by Conservatory Canada with an Honorary Licentiate and chosen to conduct the Fagan Singers at the Monserrat Monastery Pilgrimage in Spain where they performed Pablo Casals choral repertoire. Gerald Fagan has performed as conductor with Maureen Forrester, Lois Marshall, Victor Borge, Ben Heppner, Thomas Paul, Roberta Peters, Janis Taylor, Gary Relyea, Leslie Fagan, Mark Du Bois, Mark Pedrotti, Darryl Edwards, Brian McIntosh and Mary Lou Fallis. In past seasons, he was Guest Conductor at Festival 500 in Newfoundland and Labrador, a jurist for the CBC Choral Competition, a clinician in Halifax at Podium '98 and returned to Newfoundland's Festival 500 in 1999 to conduct choirs from around the world. Mr. Fagan is the Artistic Director of the Bach Music Festival of Canada, which brings an international music celebration in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach to the heart of Southern Ontario and is held on a biennial basis. In 2011, Mr. Fagan was awarded Ontario's highest civilian honor, the Order of Ontario. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald Fagan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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