Ronald Tremain

Ronald Tremain (born 1923 in Feilding, New Zealand, died 1998, Niagara on the Lake, Canada) was a composer and teacher. Initially studying piano, he gained Trinity College Diplomas before gaining his first degree in music at the University of Canterbury.

After war service he taught at Feilding High School and attended Cambridge Summer Music Schools (studying composition with Douglas Lilburn) in 1947 and 1948. He continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in London, gaining diplomas in piano performance and a doctorate in 1953.

Awards during this time included the Royal College of Music Cobbett Prize for string quartet, the Farrar Prize for composition, and 2nd Prize in the Lionel Tertis Awards. In 1952 he was awarded an Italian Government Bursary and studied composition with Goffredo Petrassi at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome.

After some years working free-lance in London as a teacher, composer, and examiner he returned to New Zealand, where he spent ten years as a lecturer at the University of Auckland. In 1963 he was awarded the Carnegie Travelling Fellowship and toured universities in the United States. From 1967 to 1968 he was Visiting Professor at the School of Music, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and from 1968 to 1969 Visiting Professor of Theory and Composition at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He then returned to Britain to lecture at Goldsmiths College at the University of London.

In 1970 he moved to Canada where, until his retirement in 1989, he was Professor of Music at Brock University. He was made a Professor Emeritus in 1991.

elected works

*Allegro for Strings
*Five Epigrams for Twelve Solo Strings for string ensemble of any size
*Four Medieval Lyrics for mezzo-soprano and string trio
*Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for soprano solo and SATB choir
*Mass for mixed voices and organ
*Music for Violin and Strings for solo violin and string orchestra
*Nine Studies for violin and viola
*Psalm 100 for unaccompanied SATB
*Seven Medieval Lyrics for solo tenor, SATB choir and orchestra
*Tenera Juventa for SATB choir and 2 pianos
*Three Inventions for piano
*Three Songs For Soprano and Viola

References

(Content adapted from: http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1093)

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NAME=Tremain, Ronald
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=New Zealand composer
DATE OF BIRTH=1923
PLACE OF BIRTH=Feilding, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH=1998
PLACE OF DEATH=Niagra on the Lake, Canada