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{{Short description|Canadian classical pianist and conductor}}
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|birth_name  = John Henry Patrick Avison
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1915|04|25}}
|birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1983|11|30|1915|04|25}}
|death_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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|occupation  = Conductor, pianist
|nationality = Canadian
|awards      = [[Order of Canada]]
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'''John Henry Patrick Avison''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (April 25, 1915{{dash}}November 30, 1983) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[Conducting|conductor]] and pianist. From 1938 to 1980, he was the founding conductor of the [[CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra]]. He was a longtime member of the [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]] (VSO) and was married to VSO violinist Angelina Avison. In 1978 he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]], Canada's highest civilian honour, and in 1980 he was awarded the [[Canadian Music Council Medal]].

Born in [[Vancouver]],<ref name=canenc/> Avison earned an Associates diploma from the [[Toronto Conservatory of Music]] in 1929. During the early 1930s he studied in his native city with [[J.D.A. Tripp]] (piano) and [[Allard de Ridder]] (conducting). He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of British Columbia]] in 1935 and a [[Bachelor of Music]] from the [[University of Washington]] in 1936. During [[World War II]] he served in the [[Canadian Army]], after which he pursued further music studies at the [[Juilliard School]] (1946), [[Columbia University]] (1946–1947), and [[Yale University]] (1947). At the latter school he was a pupil of [[Paul Hindemith]].

==See also==
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*[[Music of Canada]]
*[[Canadian classical music]]
*[[List of Canadian musicians]]

==References==
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{{cite encyclopedia
 |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-henry-patrick-avison
 |title=John Avison 
 |first=Max 
 |last=Wyman
 |authorlink=Max Wyman
 |author2=Barclay Mcmillan
 |author3=Elaine Keillor 
 |date=May 22, 2015 
 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] 
 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] 
 |access-date=August 27, 2019
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==External links==
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-henry-patrick-avison/ John Avison] at ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''

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[[Category:The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni]]
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[[Category:Yale School of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Columbia University School of the Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian male conductors (music)]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vancouver]]
[[Category:Pupils of Paul Hindemith]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian classical pianists]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian conductors (music)]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States]]


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