Isabelle Delorme
Isabelle Delorme (4 November 1900 – 20 February 1991) was a
Career
Delorme was born in Montreal. She began her professional studies at the École supérieure de musique d'Outremont with Sister Madeleine-Marie. She later studied privately with pianist Arthur Letondal and violinists Albert Chamberland and Agostino Salvetti. In 1918 she earned a teaching certificate from the Académie de musique du Québec.[1]
Delorme developed an interest in music composition in the late 1920s, and pursued formal training in this area with
As an educator, Delorme began teaching as a professor of music theory and solfège at the newly formed Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal in 1943 through the invitation of Wilfrid Pelletier. She remained at that school through 1969, during which time she also taught at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec for a few years and at the Ursuline Convent in Trois-Rivières among other schools. She wrote a treatise on harmony in 1967 which earned the admiration of Boulanger, but remains unpublished. Among her notable students are Andrée Desautels, Jacques Hétu, Roger Matton, François Morel, and André Prévost.[1] She died in her home city of Montreal.
References
- ^ a b c Doreen R. Allison. "Isabelle Delorme". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2010.