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Serge Garant
Albert Antonio Serge Garant, (September 22, 1929 – November 1, 1986) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de
Albert Antonio Serge Garant, (September 22, 1929 – November 1, 1986) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siècle on Radio-Canada. In 1966, with Jean Papineau-Couture, Maryvonne Kendergi, Wilfrid Pelletier and Hugh Davidson, he co-founded the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Prix Serge-Garant award was created in his honor by the Fondation Émile Nelligan. Among his notable pupils were Walter Boudreau, Marcelle Deschênes, Denis Gougeon, Richard Grégoire, Anne Lauber, Michel Longtin, Nicole Rodrigue, and Myke Roy. Early life Serge’s interest in music came from his mother. He attended the Sacred Heart of Jesus Elementary School in Quebec City for three consecutive years (1936–1939). Because of the Great Depression, the Garant family moved from Quebec to L’Ancienne-Lorette in 1940, then to Verdun in 1941, and eventually settled in Sherbrooke in 1941. Continuing his schooling over these relocations, Serge Garant finished his ninth year at St. John the Baptist School in Sherbrooke in 1945. During his studies, Garant develop