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Fanshawe Chorus London, The Gerald Fagan
Singers, and the Concert Players Orchestra for 45 years, beginning in 1978 after completing a six year teaching assignment as music teacher at Listowel District Secondary School in Listowel Ontario. The two choirs twice won the Lieutenant Governor's Award for
105:(born 1939) is considered one of Canada's premier choral conductors. He is the former Conductor and Artistic Director of Fanshawe Chorus London, The Gerald Fagan Singers, and the Concert Players Orchestra. He has been married to Marlene Fagan since 1961. They have five children; Leslie,
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Canadian composers. While still together, the Gerald Fagan Singers traveled to ten countries starting in 1998, including
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Rolling Requiem performance of Mozart’s Requiem honouring 9-11-2001 victims
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