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Eric Robertson (composer)

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Robertson began his professional music career as a teenager while a student at the RCM; serving as the music director at St. John's Lutheran Church in Toronto and playing the organ in the Toronto R&B band
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in his native city where he was a pupil of E. Francis Thomas, Eric Reid, and William O. Minay. In 1963, at the age of 15, he entered
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and written music for a number of television series in Canada and the United States. He has also written a considerable amount of
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among others. He has also recorded several of his own albums of popular songs and movie themes under the name
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Outside of television and film, Robertson is best known for his choral and organ compositions. His
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As a record producer, Robertson has produced and played on recordings by artists like
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and was most recently nominated for a Gemini in 2007 for the documentary
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Robertson began his work as film score composer with the feature film
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List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
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who has been primarily active in Canada. A two time
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His works display a strong influence of 16:Scottish composer and musician in Canada 448: 237:(2002) and for television series like 347: 344: 341: 315:was commissioned and recorded by the 34:winner, he has composed more than 60 7: 628:21st-century Scottish male musicians 623:20th-century Scottish male musicians 462: 460: 458: 456: 454: 452: 91:Royal Canadian College of Organists 522:Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 14: 573:British male film score composers 155:(1975) and the television series 26:composer, organist, pianist, and 313:Variations on the 'Sussex Carol' 153:The Insurance Man from Ingersoll 497:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 222:Getting Married in Buffalo Jump 79:The Royal Conservatory of Music 109:where he remained until 2009. 1: 633:Canadian Screen Award winners 608:21st-century British pianists 603:20th-century British pianists 568:Scottish film score composers 170:If You Could See What I Hear 649: 273:Hockey: A People's History 267:Canada: A People's History 593:Scottish record producers 474:The Canadian Encyclopedia 417: 394: 364: 354: 293:Four Songs of Remembrance 210:A Muppet Family Christmas 22:(born 6 April 1948) is a 107:St. Paul's, Bloor Street 431:Label: J&B (JB 169) 408:Label: J&B (JB 169) 385:Label: J&B (JB 131) 303:(1985) was written for 618:21st-century organists 613:20th-century organists 583:British male organists 419:Piano Hits of the '80s 396:All New Piano Hits '84 148:A Quiet Day in Belfast 51:Ralph Vaughan Williams 598:British male pianists 228:A Holiday to Remember 139:The Tommy Hunter Show 20:Eric Nathan Robertson 520:Ryan, Gavin (2011). 428:Format: LP, cassette 425:Released: March 1990 405:Format: LP, cassette 317:Elmer Iseler Singers 338: 309:The Swingle Singers 578:Scottish organists 336: 240:Read All About It! 588:Scottish pianists 440: 439: 359: 255:(1989-1994), and 640: 526: 525: 517: 511: 510: 489: 483: 482: 477:. 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Index

Scottish
record producer
Gemini Award
film scores
choral
symphonic
accompaniment
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Charles Wood
Edinburgh
music theory
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Charles Peaker
Samuel Dolin
Royal Canadian College of Organists
CBC Radio
St. Paul's, Bloor Street
Liona Boyd
Moe Koffman
Nana Mouskouri
Roger Whittaker
CBC Television
The Tommy Hunter Show
A Quiet Day in Belfast
Readalong
Plague
If You Could See What I Hear
Spasms
That's My Baby!
Millennium

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