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Person
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MacLean, Alasdair
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Description area
Dates of existence
1955-
History
Alaisdair MacLain is an eastern-Canadian composer, born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on January 8, 1955. While attending Mount Allison University, he worked at the Windsor Theatre as an arranger, composer, and pianist. He also studied at Julliard, L'Ecole d'Art americaine in Fontainebleau, France, and at the University of Toronto. In October 1996, he was the first composer-in-residence with Symphony Nova Scotia. His works have been performed throughout Canada, the United States, Britain, France, China, and Japan, and range from solo instrumental and vocal works to those for chamber ensembles, choir, and orchestra.