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  • Macleans

    Celtic Music Reels in New Fans

    Lamond, best known for Sleepy Maggie - a hit single she performed with fiddler and fellow Cape Bretoner Ashley MacIsaac on his 1995 album, Hi, How Are You Today? - is only one of the latest Celtic acts to receive a major-label release.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 7, 1997

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    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie

    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, engineer, research manager (b at St Stephen, NB 10 July 1888; d at Ottawa 26 Feb 1984). He was the single most important figure in the postwar growth of Canadian science.

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    Chamber Music Composition

    Chamber music composition. The term applies to works for from 2 to about 12 parts, intended for one performer per part.

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    Chamber Music Performance

    Chamber music performance. Early evidence of the cultivation of classical chamber music in Canada, mainly by amateur performers, both as an edifying leisure activity and in public concerts, dates from the period 1790-1820.

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    Chamber Players of Toronto

    The Chamber Players of Toronto. A 15-piece string ensemble, formed in 1968 by the players themselves and directed until 1977 from the first chair by the violinist Victor Martin (b Elne, France, of Spanish parents, 24 Sep 1940; a pupil of Antonio Arias, Lorand Fenyves, and Max Rostal).

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  • Editorial

    Samuel de Champlain and the Founding of Quebec

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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    Chan Hon Goh

    Goh comes from a Chinese family deeply immersed in dance, especially on the side of her father, Choo Chiat Goh. Both her parents were principal artists with the National Ballet of China. A paternal uncle, Choo San Goh (1948-87), became a celebrated choreographer in the United States.

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    Chandra Crawford

    Crawford's international success began in 2005 when she won four world cups and two world championships in the sprint events. Still, she was not a favourite to win at Torino 2006. Her win in the 1.

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    Chansonniers

    A true chansonnier of the Parisian type, he combined song, comedy and political satire. Chansonniers Chansonniers, singer-songwriters of Québec active after WWII, particularly during the 1960s. Their songs served a common social ideal and shared a style characterized by simplicity and intimacy favouring poetic expression. The predecessors of this movement include La BOLDUC, often cited as Québec's first chansonnière, but Félix LECLERC and Raymond LÉVESQUE were in fact its true originators. Leclerc prepared the way...

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    Chansonniers

    Félix Leclerc and Raymond Lévesque were the originators of this new species and of the movement it generated, though some historians point to La Bolduc and even Rolland (Le Soldat) Lebrun as its predecessors.

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    Chantal Juillet

    Juillet, Chantal. Violinist, b Montreal 19 December 1960. She began playing the violin at six, first studying with Claude Létourneau in Quebec City, and then with Luis Grinhauz in Montreal.

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    Chantal Kreviazuk

    Chantal Kreviazuk. Singer, pianist, songwriter, actor, b Winnipeg 18 May 1974. Chantal Kreviazuk trained in classical piano (beginning at age five) and singing.

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    Chantal Masson

    Chantal Masson. Violist, choir conductor, teacher, b St-Denis, near Paris, 24 Oct 1937, naturalized Canadian 1977; premier prix viola (Paris Cons) 1958. She studied at the Toulouse Cons and the Paris Cons.

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    Chantal Petitclerc

    ​Chantal Petitclerc, CC, CQ, MSM, wheelchair racer, senator (born 15 December 1969 in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, QC).

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    Chanteurs St-Coeur-de-Marie

    Chanteurs St-Coeur-de-Marie. Choir founded in Quebec City in the 1950s. Directed by Claude Gosselin beginning in the early 1960s, the choir adopted its present name in 1973.

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