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Fletcher, Peter
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Dates of existence
1936-1996
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Peter Fletcher was a noted British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author, who taught at Dalhousie from 1973-1976. He came in 1973 at the invitation of Henry Hicks to chair the Music Department, to which he was instrumental in bringing William Tritt, Carol van Feggelen, Jefferson Morris and Phillipe Djokic. While at Dalhousie he was conductor of the Dalhousie Chorale and the Dalhousie Orchestra, and was a principal founder of the Dalhousie Opera Company. In 1976 he returned to the UK.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Music (1968-2014)
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Dates of relationship
1973-1976
Description of relationship
Peter Fletcher was chair of the Department of Music from 1973-1976.