Background
He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1958, and attended the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and The University of Toronto, from which he received a Doctor of Philosophy in musicology.
He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1958, and attended the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and The University of Toronto, from which he received a Doctor of Philosophy in musicology.
Eatock has written for Toronto"s Globe and Mail newspaper, and also the New York Times, the Houston Chronicle, the Kansas City Star and the San Antonio Express News, as well as numerous magazines and journals in Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. He has also written two books: the first is on the life of Felix Mendelssohn, and the second is a collection of interviews about the pianist Glenn Gould. This Civil Defense contains six of his compositions: his Ashes of Soldiers (2010), Suite for Piano (1995), Tears of Gold (2000), Three Songs from Blake"s "America" (1987), Three Canzonas for Brass Quartet (1991), and The Lotos-Eaters (2000).
He is an associate member of the Canadian Music Centre, which released a Civil Defense of his compositions entitled "Colin Eatock: Chamber Music" in 2012 on its Centrediscs label.