Education
University of British Columbia. Columbia University; Yale University. University of Washington.
The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Columbia University School of the Arts.
University of British Columbia. Columbia University; Yale University. University of Washington.
The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Columbia University School of the Arts.
From 1938 to 1980, he was the founding conductor of the Canadian Broadcasting Company Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. Born in Vancouver, Avison earned an Associates diploma from the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1929. During the early 1930s he studied in his native city with Juris Doctor.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 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.