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JOHN ESTACIO
Born April 8, 1966, Newmarket, Ontario
One of Canada’s most frequently performed and broadcast composers, John Estacio has served as Composer in Residence for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Calgary Opera and Pro Coro. These residences yielded several works, many of which can be found on the CD Frenergy, the Music of John Estacio.This CD earned Estacio two JUNO nominations and a Western Canadian Music Award. His soundtrack for the film The Secret of the Nutcracker received an AMPIA Award. His most recent opera, Frobisher, premiered in Calgary and Banff in 2007 and his first opera, Filumena, has been remounted five times and was filmed for television.
He recently completed a cantata for chorus and orchestra, and a sinfonietta for the Victoria Symphony. He has also written for the Vancouver Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and the CBC Radio Orchestra. His works have been performed by numerous Canadian orchestras, as well as the Houston Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Manila Symphony; his choral work Eulogies has entered the repertoire of several choirs. His arrangements of Seven Songs by Jean Sibelius were performed by Ben Heppner and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in London and Paris. His frequent performances earned him SOCAN’s Concert Music Award in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
He resides in Edmonton, Alberta and is currently working on his third opera with librettist John Murrell, Lillian Alling, to be premiered by the Vancouver Opera in 2010.
To learn more about John Estacio, please visit him at his website: www.johnestacio.com.
