Robert Aitken (composer)

Robert Aitken (composer)

Robert Aitken (born August 28, 1939 in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian composer and flautist.

He has played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He is Artistic Director of New Music Concerts in Toronto. He has also done classical and contemporary music (along with his wife Erica Goodman, who is a harpist) on BIS Records.

Musical Works

*Icicle (1977) Solo fl. Edn musicales transatlantiques 1978.
*Plainsong (1977) Solo fl. Universal Edition, 1980.
*Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra (Shadows V). (1999)

ee also

*Flute
*Flute concerto
*Flute repertory

Honours

* 1993 - he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
* 2003 - National Flute Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000030 Robert Aitken] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://www.universaledition.com/truman/en_templates/paste.php3?template=werk_list&spr=en&komp_uid=8 Robert Aitken] at Universal Edition.
* [http://www.newmusicconcerts.com New Music Concerts]


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