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John Grew to be invested into the Order of Canada on Friday, February 12

Published: 11 February 2016

Professor Emeritus John Grew, former Dean of Music, will be invested into the Order of Canada on Friday, February 12th 2016 in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. The ceremony, which begins at 10:30am EST, will be webcast live from the Governor General of Canada's . A webcast link will be available on their homepage before 10:30am on Friday.

John Grew was named a Member of the Order for ‘bringing new vitality to organ music in Canada as a performer and educator’. He has been a leading figure in the revival of mechanical-action pipe organs such as the French classical organ housed in Redpath Hall, and he was a founder of the Early Music program at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in December 2014, along with alumni Jens Lindemann (BMus’88) and Faculty Advisory Board Member Joan Ivory (BA’54).

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