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Catherine Mary Palmer, a proficient Toronto organist and choral conductor, handed away peacefully on the age of 95 on the morning of September 13. In a profession that spanned a number of many years, Catherine left her mark on the town’s musical group.
She is maybe remembered by most because the Director of Music at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in Toronto, a place she held from 1970 till her retirement in 1996. Her work throughout these years is immortalized in two releases, together with a recording of Bach vocal works titled Bless Ye The Lord (Marquis Classics, 2010), the place she directs the Yorkminister Park Baptist Church Choir and Ronald S. Jordan (organ). She likewise directs the Yorkminster choir and Ronald Jordan on the 1996 recording The Pleasure Of God, a compilation of hymns.
Catherine M. Palmer
Catherine was born to British mother and father in the USA. Her father was a priest within the Church of England. She first studied music on the Royal Academy of Music in London, and graduated with a LIAM diploma in piano, and a GRSM designation as a musical educator.
After a number of years of instructing she got here to Canada, and never lengthy after, took up the place of organist at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Toronto. Catherine turned a protégé of Healy Willan, a famous English-Canadian organist and composer.
- She based the Holy Trinity Singers;
- Largely self-taught as an organist, she turned the primary lady in Canada to acquire the Fellow of the Royal School of Organists diploma;
- She additionally gained the Turpin prize from the Royal School of Organists;
- Catherine was a frequent performer in Toronto, together with on the CBC;
- She was appointed to the school on the Royal Conservatory of Music;
- She served as Chairman of the Examination Committee for the Royal Canadian School of Organists for an eight-year interval.
Catherine additionally based the Palmer Singers, a choral group that carried out in Toronto and the area for about eight years, and helped to develop many younger organists as an educator.
Relaxation in peace.
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