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Bio of composers > REA, John
 Since moving to Montréal
in 1973, John Rea leads a triple career
as composer, teacher and concert producer. Born
in Toronto in 1944, he studied composition with
John Weinzweig and Gustav Ciamaga at the University
of Toronto and with Milton Babbitt at Princeton
University, receiving his PhD in 1978. Recipient
of many awards, among them the Governor-General's
prize (Prix Jules-Léger) for new chamber
music in 1981, he has written music for several
genres and his works are regularly performed
by major ensembles and orchestras in Canada,
the US and Europe.
Besides his activities as a composer, John Rea
lectures and publishes articles on 20th century
music and teaches since 1973 composition and
music theory at McGill University, where he
was also Dean of the Faculty of Music.
John Rea is a founding member of the Montreal
new music society Les Événements
du neuf and is since 1982 a member of the board
of directors of Canada's first new music society,
La Société de musique contemporaine
du Québec (SMCQ).
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