Violet Archer

Violet Archer
Born(1913-04-24)24 April 1913
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died21 February 2000(2000-02-21) (aged 86)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Education
OccupationsComposer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist
AwardsOrder of Canada, 1983

Violet Archer CM (24 April 1913 – 21 February 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violetta Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, in 1913, her family changed their name to Archer in 1940. She died in Ottawa on 21 February 2000.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.