Leonard Enns
{{Short description|Canadian classical composer}}
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Leonard Jacob Enns (born 1948) is a Canadian composer of classical music.{{cite book |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/leonard-enns-emc |access-date=9 May 2021 |chapter=Leonard Enns}}{{cite web |title=Leonard Enns- Bio, Albums, Pictures |url=https://www.naxos.com/person/Leonard_Enns/106074.htm |website=www.naxos.com |publisher=Naxos Classical Music |access-date=9 May 2021}} He is professor emeritus of the University of Waterloo.{{cite web |title=Leonard Enns |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/music/about/people/ljenns |website=Music |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=9 May 2021 |language=en |date=13 April 2012}}
Early life and education
Enns was born on 2 February 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has undergraduate degrees in music from Canadian Mennonite Bible College and Wilfrid Laurier University, and an M.Mus. in choral conducting and Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where his doctoral thesis (1982) was "The sacred choral music of Harry Somers : an analytical study". He is an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.{{cite book |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |title=Catalogue record for: The sacred choral music of Harry Somers: an analytical study |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606119600 |publisher=Worldcat |access-date=9 May 2021 |language=English |date=1982|oclc= 606119600}}
Musical career
Enns was musical director of the United Mennonite Educational Institute in Leamington, Ontario from 1969 to 1972, and joined the teaching faculty of Conrad Grebel College of the University of Waterloo in 1977. He founded the chapel choir of Conrad Grebel College in 1977 and conducted it until 2010, during which time it made six CDs.{{cite web |title=Bio |url=http://www.lenns.ca/bio |website=Leonard Enns |access-date=11 May 2021}}
He has composed some 65 works, mostly of choral music. He won the 2008 Polyphonos competition in the "International Composer" section.{{cite web |title=Polyphonos 2008: Winners |url=http://www.theesoterics.org/polyphonos/competition-results/2008-winners |publisher=The Esoterics |access-date=11 May 2021}} His "Nocturne" was nominated for the Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year in 2010.{{cite web |title=Leonard Enns |url=https://junoawards.ca/artist-profile/leonard-enns/ |website=The JUNO Awards |access-date=11 May 2021}} His A Little More Time won the Chronos Vocal Ensemble's fourth annual composition competition in 2020.{{cite web |title=Announcing our 2020 composition competition winner! |url=https://chronosvocalensemble.com/announcing-the-winner-of-chronos-vocal-ensembles-2020-composition-competition/ |website=Chronos Vocal Ensemble |access-date=11 May 2021 |language=en-CA}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.lenns.ca/}}
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Category:Canadian male composers
Category:Wilfrid Laurier University alumni
Category:Northwestern University alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
Category:Musicians from Winnipeg
Category:21st-century Canadian composers
Category:21st-century Canadian male musicians
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