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John Mills-Cockell (born 19 May 1943) is a Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist, perhaps best known for his ground-breaking work with progressive / avant garde Canadian groups Intersystems and Syrinx, and for his numerous works for radio, television, film, ballet, and stage.
John Mills-Cockell is a Canadian composer in various media. He has created scores for The National Arts Centre, Firehall Arts Centre, Citadel Theatre, Glasgow Museum of Art, Vancouver Playhouse, University of Victoria Theatre, and Bluebridge Theatre among others.
Feb 7, 2006 · Mills-Cockell, John Composer, synthesizist, pianist, organist, b Toronto 19 May 1943. His teachers at the RCMT and the University of Toronto included John Coveart (piano), Samuel Dolin (composition), and Gustav Ciamaga (electronic music).
This astral body of work is being reexplored and celebrated in a three-part, nine-record compilation that Mills-Cockell has dubbed “JMC Retrospective” on his Web site. Covering his recordings from 1967 to 1977, it involves releases by three different record companies.
Apr 11, 2022 · B. orn in 1943, John Mills-Cockell first rose to prominence as an up and coming piano prodigy in the 1960s. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, and won a BMI Award in ’67, given to student composers for his work in orchestral music.
Oct 14, 2016 · Over the span of five years and as many records, Canadian composer John Mills-Cockell was involved in two of the most idiosyncratic, unclassifiable, and consciousness-shattering groups to rise out of electronic music obscurity.
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John Mills-Cockell lives on Vancouver Island and is currently working on his opera “Savitri and Sam”, with Ken Gass of Factory Theatre, with assistance from the Canada Council. Ken and John mounted a successful workshop with several scenes of the original score at the Citadel Theatre on Toronto , September 2013.
