Alan Detweiler
Alan Gregory Detweiler (15 June 1926 – 25 February 2012) was a
Canadian composer, author, and patron of the arts. He was born in
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada and attended the
Toronto Conservatory of Music. He obtained degrees in philosophy at the
University of Toronto and
Trinity College Dublin, and earned a Ph.D. in the Aesthetics of Music from the
University of London. His composition teachers included
Lennox Berkeley and
Howard Ferguson. His major works include ''David and Goliath'' (1969), a masque for soloists, SATB chorus, and small ensemble, and ''Theseus and the Minotaur'' (2011). Alan Detweiler created and administered the annual Detweiler Competition, which awarded prizes for the visual arts at
Upper Canada College in Toronto and
Bedford School in England.
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