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Conservatory String Quartet

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in 1942 and 1943. The ensemble performed not only the standard string quartet repertoire but also performed new works by contemporary Canadian composers like
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and Harold Carter to their numbers. At the time of the group's disbandment in 1946, the ensemble consisted of violinist
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joined the group after the departure of Smith. Both Nelsova and Figelski left in 1944 and the group then added
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during the first half of the 20th century. The group actively performed in the
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In 1934 Heins left the CSQ and was succeeded by violist
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in 1929 at the behest of the conservatory's president,
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area and regularly toured throughout the Province of
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string quartet
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto
Ontario
Montreal
Patricia Blomfield Holt
Walter MacNutt
John Weinzweig
CBC Radio

violinist
Elie Spivak
Ernest MacMillan
Harold Sumberg
violist
Donald Heins
cellist
Leo Smith
Alberto Guererro
Norah Drewett de Kresz
Florence Singer
Viggo Kihl
Tom Brennand
Cecil Figelski
Zara Nelsova
Joyce Sands
Pearl Palmason
Goldie Bell

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