Education
He began his studies in piano at age four, and as a teenager studied piano in Ottawa under Joan Milliken and theory with Etoile Naysmith.
He began his studies in piano at age four, and as a teenager studied piano in Ottawa under Joan Milliken and theory with Etoile Naysmith.
Born in Ottawa, Andrew Ager is one of Canada´s most prominent composers, with numerous premieres and performances each year, in Canada, Europe, and the United States. He began composing seriously at sixteen when the family moved to Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Described by former Toronto Star music critic and journalist John Terauds as ´´One of Toronto´s most intriguing classical musicians´´.
Ager"s piece "Autumn Overture" was premiered by the Georgian Bay Symphony October 2003.
Ager moved to the Quebec countryside in October 2010 to compose full-time. Recent premieres (2010-2012) include ´´Frankenstein´´ Op.40 (full opera) Toronto, Canada ´´Concerto for Organ and Orchestra´´ Operation
41 Albuquerque, United States of America ´´Symphony no.1´´ Op.44 Ottawa, Canada ´´Ovid Songs´´ (tenor and piano) Operation 43 Sulmona, Italy ´´Un Amore Doloroso´´ (soprano and piano) Op.42 Venice, Italy
Upcoming premieres (2012-2014) include Suite from ´´The Wings of the Dove´´ Op.47 Ottawa, Canada ´´The Wings of the Dove´´(chamber opera) Operation
45 Toronto, Canada ´´Casanova´´ (chamber opera) Op.49 Ottawa, Canada ´´Divertimento for Horn and Orchestra´´ Op 51(version for horn and organ) Goerlitz, Germany ´´Fuhrerbunker´´ (chamber opera) Operation
52 Toronto, Canada ´´Divertimento for Piano Quartet´´ Operation 53 Barrie, Canada. As well as a large body of liturgical music, Ager has composed for solo voice, orchestra and chamber ensemble. His opera Frankenstein was premiered by TrypTych Concert and Opera in January 2010.
lieutenant starred Lenard Whiting, Dawn Baily, Steven King, Michael Taylor, Michael York, Graham Robinson, Melanie Conly, and Charles Waddell.
The production was directed and designed by Edward Franko.
