Rachel Laurin (August 11, 1961 – August 13, 2023) was a Canadian organist, composer and music educator in Quebec. [1]
Rachel Laurin was born in Saint-Benoît on August 11, 1961. Laurin studied organ with Lucienne L'Heureux-Arel . She went on to study at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Gaston Arel , Raymond Daveluy and Raoul Sosa. In 1985, she received the McAbbie Foundation scholarship and, in the following year, the Bourse d'excellence Wilfrid-Pelletier. She performed in Canada, the United States and France. She received the Conrad-Letendre scholarship five times. From 1986 to 2002, she was assistant organist at Saint Joseph's Oratory. In 1988, she started teaching at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. From 2002 to 2006, she was titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa. [2] [1]
Laurin started composition lessons at age 19 with Raymond Daveluy. [3] She was the "house composer" at Wayne Leupold Editions from 2006. [3] In her latter years, Laurin only composed commissioned pieces. Her very first commissioned piece was requested by Donald Sutherland and his wife Phyllis Bryn-Julson. The piece was premiered at an AGO regional convention in Pittsburgh in 1987. [3]
In 2008, she received the Holtkamp-AGO Composition Award. In 2009, she was awarded first place in the Marilyn Mason New Organ Music Competition. [2] Laurin won the 2022 Pogorzelski-Yankee Composition Competition. [4]
The American Guild of Organists granted her their Distinguished Composer Award in 2020. [5]
Laurin died on August 13, 2023, at the age of 62. [6]
Solo Organ Works [7]
Rachel Laurin (August 11, 1961 – August 13, 2023) was a Canadian organist, composer and music educator in Quebec. [1]
Rachel Laurin was born in Saint-Benoît on August 11, 1961. Laurin studied organ with Lucienne L'Heureux-Arel . She went on to study at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Gaston Arel , Raymond Daveluy and Raoul Sosa. In 1985, she received the McAbbie Foundation scholarship and, in the following year, the Bourse d'excellence Wilfrid-Pelletier. She performed in Canada, the United States and France. She received the Conrad-Letendre scholarship five times. From 1986 to 2002, she was assistant organist at Saint Joseph's Oratory. In 1988, she started teaching at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. From 2002 to 2006, she was titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa. [2] [1]
Laurin started composition lessons at age 19 with Raymond Daveluy. [3] She was the "house composer" at Wayne Leupold Editions from 2006. [3] In her latter years, Laurin only composed commissioned pieces. Her very first commissioned piece was requested by Donald Sutherland and his wife Phyllis Bryn-Julson. The piece was premiered at an AGO regional convention in Pittsburgh in 1987. [3]
In 2008, she received the Holtkamp-AGO Composition Award. In 2009, she was awarded first place in the Marilyn Mason New Organ Music Competition. [2] Laurin won the 2022 Pogorzelski-Yankee Composition Competition. [4]
The American Guild of Organists granted her their Distinguished Composer Award in 2020. [5]
Laurin died on August 13, 2023, at the age of 62. [6]
Solo Organ Works [7]