Clifford Ford

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Clifford Robert Ford (born 30 May 1947) is a Canadian composer,

music educator, and author. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he is a founding member of ARRAYMUSIC and a former member of the music faculties of McMaster University and Dalhousie University. He co-founded the Canadian Musical Heritage Society for which he is executive secretary and technical editor.[2]

Education

Born in

Institute for Sonology at Utrecht University with Gottfried Michael Koenig in 1973.[2]

Career

Ford joined the faculty of McMaster University in 1974 and taught there until 1976. He then taught at Dalhousie University until 1980. In 1981 he co-founded the Canadian Musical Heritage Society, and served as its executive secretary and technical editor.

In the 1980s Ford published several works about music in Canada, and later contributed articles to music publications, including several entries in The Canadian Encyclopedia. [citation needed]

Since 1989 he has worked as a consultant on electronic publishing.[citation needed]

Selected compositions

  • Mass 1976[4]
  • "Little Fantasy"
  • "Forbidden Colours"

Selected publications

  • Canada's music: an historical survey, 1982.[5]
  • Sacred choral music - Volume 1, Canadian Musical Heritage Society, 1984.
  • Sacred choral music - Volume I1, Canadian Musical Heritage Society, 1988.[6]
  • Variations on Alexander Davidson's "Toronto": for solo organ, 1993

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-135-57029-3
    . p. 30.
  2. ^ a b Florence Hayes. "Clifford Ford". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ MusiCanada. Vol. - Issues 17-29. The Centre; 1969. p. 18.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4426-3346-9
    . p. 13.
  5. ^ "Clifford Ford. Canada's Music: An Historical Survey.". Canadian University Music Review, No. 3, 1982. Review by Elaine Keillor
  6. ISBN 978-0-88924-211-1
    . p. 112.
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