Background
He was born in Winkler, Manitoba.
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Howard Dyck
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Education
After studying in Canada and the United States, he took advanced studies in Choral, Orchestral and Opera Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany under Professor Martin Stephani and the Internationale Bachakadamie, Stuttgart, Germany under Professor Helmuth Rilling.
Career
Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he has had a long and distinguished career in classical music He is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Grand Philharmonic Choir (formerly known as the Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic Choir) and chamber singers and is the Conductor Emeritus of the Bach Elgar Choir of Hamilton. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of Consort Caritatis Choir and Orchestra.
Howard Dyck"s professional career has taken him to eighteen countries on three continents.
He became the Artistic Director of the Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic Choir (later renamed the Grand Philharmonic Choir) in 1972, and served in that role until his retirement in 2010. He has led choirs under his direction on eleven international tours, across Europe and to China.
He has also conducted a variety of European, Canadian and Chinese orchestras. Performers under Howard Dyck"s direction Many renowned soloists have performed under his direction.
These performers include Sondra Radvanovsky, Karina Gauvin, Ben Heppner, Richard Margison, Michael Schade and Russell Braun.
Broadcasting Howard Dyck is known across Canada as the former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Company radio programmes Choral Concert and Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. He has also appeared as a freelance television host and commentator on topics that fall in his areas of expertise. Public speaking He gave the keynote address at the national convention of the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors in 1990 and 2004, and was the first lecturer of the Slater-Maguire Lectures in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mr Dyck has conducted on a number of Civil Defense releases, including: J.S. Bach"s Missa Brevis in G Minor - Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (London Pro Musica, 1985) Handel"s Messiah (Sony Classical, 1995) Verdi"s Requiem - Consort Caritatis, 1998 Beethoven"s Missa Solemnis - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (Electric and Music Industries, 2000) Reinhard Oppel"s Liturgien, Op.6, Number.
3 - Consort Caritatis Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem - Consort Caritatis, State Symphony Orchestra of Saint St. Petersburg.
Achievements
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1990 - Kitchener Waterloo Art Award (Music). 1996 - Ontario Federation Distinguished Service Award. 1996 - Honorary Doctor of Laws (Doctor of Laws) degrees from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. 1999 - Honorary Professor of Music by the Yunnan Arts Institute in Kunming, People"s Republic of China. 2000 - Member of the Order of Canada. 2002 - Awarded the Queen"s Golden Jubilee Meda 2004 - Received the Association of Canadian Choral Conductors Distinguished Service Award. 2007 - City of Waterloo Legacy of Leaders. 2008 - Waterloo County Hall of Fame. 2010 - Artistic Director Emeritus, Grand Philharmonic Choir 2010 - Conductor Emeritus, Bach Elgar Choir 2011 - Waterloo Region Lifetime Achievement Arts Award 2012 - Queen"s Diamond Jubilee Meda
Awards
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Member of the Order of Canada the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal; Distinguished Service Award; Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.